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unless we ensure that all maintenance has been performed per the FARs, and logged properly (neither endeavor of which we have much knowledge), the Feds can revoke our airworthiness certificate. So once again, we hire someone to comply and trust them to know the rules and document their work properly.
Use the FARs, Luke – Star Wars, 1977
You probably shouldn’t jack your G550 and change the tires and re-pack the wheel bearings yourself or have your R2-D2 droid do it either, but your shop may allow you to supervise. It would be a great opportunity to see the “details” of the nuts and bolts of the landing gear assembly, and it may encourage you to reflect a bit before you slam on the brakes during the next landing. To get deeper still into its components, and become one with your ma- chine, use the FARs to guide your journey; to wit:
“The holder of a pilot certificate issued under Part 61 may per- form preventive maintenance on any aircraft owned or operated by that pilot, as long as the aircraft is not used under Part 121, 127, 129, or 135. If you do the preventive maintenance authorized, you must make an entry in the logbook documenting the work and the entry must include: A description of the work performed, the date of
Steve inspects our Citation at the paint shop.
and to comply with mandatory service bulletins (SBs) and ADs (airworthiness directives) as well--- those are the let- ters we get in the mail from the FAA. We all hire an A&P or IA to do these things, but it’s our neck both physically and legally that’s on the line for the correct and timely accomplishment of the work--- and its documentation.
91.405(b) Each owner of an aircraft shall ensure that maintenance personnel make appropriate entries in the
aircraft maintenance records indicating that the aircraft
has been approved for return to service.
This means that, even though most of us have no clue
what the log entries are required to legally say, we are responsible for making sure they are correct and that they include the words “approved for return to service”. We are bound by this FAR to be informed and involved.
And finally, Paragraph 6 of the Airworthiness Certificate aboard all U.S. certificated aerospace vehicles (one of the documents in the ARROW acronym) says:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
“Unless sooner surrendered, suspended, or revoked...... this airworthiness certificate is effective as long as the maintenance and alterations are performed in accordance
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with Parts 21, 43, and 91 of the FAR’s as appropriate....” 22 • TWIN & TURBINE / July 2023