Limitations or examples?

[SteveCanyon]

FAR Part 43, Appendix A, Subpart C lists items that an owner [without AP/IA] can perform.

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-id...11f21&node=14:1.0.1.3.21.0.363.14.53&rgn=div9

Are the listed tasks examples, or is the owner limited to just these specific items?
If a guy wants to do something 'simple' like replace the O-ring on a gas cap with an identical part (same part number as referenced in parts catalog for that aircraft), but this task is not specifically listed, does it fall under general preventative maintenance, or is a mechanic's sign off necessary?

 

[weirdjim]

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-id...11f21&node=14:1.0.1.3.21.0.363.14.53&rgn=div9Are the listed tasks examples, or is the owner limited to just these specific items?
If a guy wants to do something 'simple' like replace the O-ring on a gas cap with an identical part (same part number as referenced in parts catalog for that aircraft), but this task is not specifically listed, does it fall under general preventative maintenance, or is a mechanic's sign off necessary?

Do you want the legal answer or what happens in the real world?

Jim

 

[SteveCanyon]

Ha! Already have the real world answer, looking for legal.

 

[frfly172]

Depends if it's an o ring or a seal. All in what you call it.

 

[SteveCanyon]

The parts manual calls it an O-ring.

 

[weirdjim]

Ha! Already have the real world answer, looking for legal.

Legally that is a precisely defined list and nothing that is specifically not mentioned in the list can be called preventive/owner maintenance.

Jim

 

[weirdjim]

Depends if it's an o ring or a seal. All in what you call it.

Why? I don't find fuel cap seals OR o-rings on the approved list.

Jim