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I am a newish A&P (coming up on about 18 months active experience) and I am tasked with performing a couple of 100-hour inspections. I have already performed them under supervision so that is not the issue. I am doing these without supervision. I have done them at a busy shop in the past and am not too comfortable with what I "learned" there.
I would like some feedback primarily on AD review.
Let me make it perfectly clear that I am not addressing actual physical inspection and/or work on the a/c to make it safe for flight. I am asking about reviewing logs and paperwork.
1. Part 43 App D does not specifically mention AD review as a part of an annual/100-hr. Is there someplace that specifically mentions that as part of an inspection? Note that I do feel that, since the A&P is signing off the entire a/c as "airworthy" (§ 43.11(a)(4)), then he must be cognizant of AD status.
2. Similarly, if the A&P is signing off the entire a/c as "airworthy", he must review:
- The Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) for conformance.
- Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) for conformance.
- STC requirements for continued airworthiness.
- Airworthiness Directives (AD).
Did I miss anything there? How many A&P's do you suppose do all that on a 100-hour? I know that did not occur at places that I have worked.
3. What do y'all think of compliance software platforms? Before the internet, I am sure they were vital but now? I had someone run one of the a/c I am working on on TData and I have a trial subscription going to AD Toolbox. How are those platforms any different from what I can generate directly from the FAA website and plug into a speadsheet template that I make one time and reuse. Both of those generate the same list of ADs that I can get from the FAA site and the A&P/IA must then go through all of those, regardless of how they were generated, with model numbers, part numbers, serial numbers to determine applicability.
4. And what about trusting AD summaries in the logbook. Why would one do that? By which I mean if an earlier A&P/IA says an AD is "N/A by S/N", are you going to take his word for that? Put your license in his hands or are you going to check for yourself? If the summary says "Previously complied with" (p/c/w) with a date then that is easy enough to check in the logbook also.
On a new-to-you airplane, how many hours do you think is appropriate to charge for this review including all the logbook work that goes with it on a simple aircraft, let's say a C172 or PA-28 from the mid-1970's with 5000 hours, compete logs.
I would like some feedback primarily on AD review.
Let me make it perfectly clear that I am not addressing actual physical inspection and/or work on the a/c to make it safe for flight. I am asking about reviewing logs and paperwork.
1. Part 43 App D does not specifically mention AD review as a part of an annual/100-hr. Is there someplace that specifically mentions that as part of an inspection? Note that I do feel that, since the A&P is signing off the entire a/c as "airworthy" (§ 43.11(a)(4)), then he must be cognizant of AD status.
2. Similarly, if the A&P is signing off the entire a/c as "airworthy", he must review:
- The Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) for conformance.
- Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) for conformance.
- STC requirements for continued airworthiness.
- Airworthiness Directives (AD).
Did I miss anything there? How many A&P's do you suppose do all that on a 100-hour? I know that did not occur at places that I have worked.
3. What do y'all think of compliance software platforms? Before the internet, I am sure they were vital but now? I had someone run one of the a/c I am working on on TData and I have a trial subscription going to AD Toolbox. How are those platforms any different from what I can generate directly from the FAA website and plug into a speadsheet template that I make one time and reuse. Both of those generate the same list of ADs that I can get from the FAA site and the A&P/IA must then go through all of those, regardless of how they were generated, with model numbers, part numbers, serial numbers to determine applicability.
4. And what about trusting AD summaries in the logbook. Why would one do that? By which I mean if an earlier A&P/IA says an AD is "N/A by S/N", are you going to take his word for that? Put your license in his hands or are you going to check for yourself? If the summary says "Previously complied with" (p/c/w) with a date then that is easy enough to check in the logbook also.
On a new-to-you airplane, how many hours do you think is appropriate to charge for this review including all the logbook work that goes with it on a simple aircraft, let's say a C172 or PA-28 from the mid-1970's with 5000 hours, compete logs.