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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 2-1
Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) › Title 14 CFR Part 3—General Requirements
Title 14 CFR Part 3—General Requirements Definitions. The following terms have the stated meanings when used in 14 CFR part 3, section 3.5, Statements about products, parts, appliances and materials. • Airworthy means the aircraft conforms to its type design ... condition for safe operation. • Product means an aircraft, aircraft engine, or aircraft propeller. • Record means any writing, drawing, map, recording, tape, film, photograph or other documentary material by which information is preserved or conveyed in any format, including…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 2-8
Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) › Maintenance-Related Regulations
notes are legally enforceable rules that apply to aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances. 14 CFR Part 43—Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration This regulation represents the heart of aviation maintenance and is one of the three major regulations ... previously identified. The 13 rules and 6 appendices contained within 14 CFR part 43 provide the standard for maintaining all civilian aircraft currently registered in the United States. Note that 14 CFR part 43 has a significant relationship with part…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 2-1
Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Aviation-related regulations that have occurred from 1926– 1966 are reflected in Figure 2-1. Just as aircraft continue to evolve with ... ever improving technology, so do the regulations, publications, forms, and records required to design, build, and maintain them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations that govern today’s aircraft are found in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 2-16
Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Section 43.5—Approval for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance,…
Certificated sport pilot for preventive maintenance on an aircraft owned and or operated by them. Note that although a certificated repairman is authorized to work on a product undergoing maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alterations (refer to 14 CFR part ... section 43.3), they are not authorized to approve that product for RTS. They must make the appropriate maintenance record entry per the requirements of 14 CFR part 43, section 43.9 or 43.11. Section 43.9—Content, form and disposition of maintenance…