PL.I.F.R2
Risk managementAircraft limitations.
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- Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Load Factors › Rough Air
speed. Regardless of the speed held, there may be gusts that can produce loads that exceed the load limits. Each specific aircraft is designed with a specific G loading that ... imposed on the aircraft without causing structural damage. There are two types of load factors factored into aircraft design: limit load and ultimate load. The limit load is a force applied to an aircraft that causes a bending…
- Glossary
determine that no condition of legal loading of an aircraft can move the CG outside of its allowable limits. Aircraft specifications. Documentation containing the pertinent specifications for aircraft certificated under the CARs. Airplane Flight manual (AFM). An FAA-approved document ... prepared by the holder of a type certificate for an aircraft, that specifies the operating limitations and contains the required markings and placards and other information applicable to the regulations under which the aircraft was certificated Approved type certificate…
- Chapter 10: Weight and Balance › Balance, Stability, and Center of Gravity › Stability
those mentioned for an excess weight condition. It is vital to comply with weight and balance limits established for all aircraft. Operating above the maximum weight limitation compromises the structural integrity of the aircraft and can adversely affect performance. Stability ... fore and aft limits beyond which the CG should not be located for flight. These limits are published for each aircraft in the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS), or aircraft specification and the AFM or pilot’s operating handbook…
- Chapter 10: Weight and Balance
such as ADs, provide pilots with ready access to pertinent information needed to safely fly a particular aircraft. By understanding the operations, limitations, and performance characteristics of the aircraft, the pilot can make educated flight decisions. By learning what preventive ... essential tools used to reach that goal. Chapter 10: Weight and Balance Compliance with the weight and balance limits of any aircraft is critical to flight safety. Operating above the maximum weight limitation compromises the structural integrity of an aircraft…
- Chapter 3: Weighing the Aircraft and Determining the Empty Weight Center of Gravity › Requirements
aircraft weight and balance control is safety. Manufacturers conduct extensive flight tests to establish loading limits for their aircraft because limit information is critical for safe flight. A secondary purpose is to aid efficiency during flight. Overloading of the aircraft ... only concern; the distribution of the weight is important also. The aircraft has CG limits, and any loading that places the CG outside the established limits seriously impairs controllability of the aircraft…
- Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Section 43.10—Disposition of Life-Limited Aircraft Parts
Section 43.10—Disposition of Life-Limited Aircraft Parts (Note the even number again. This regulation became part of 14 CFR part 43 in 2002.) This section presents two terms not previously defined in 14 CFR: 1. Life-limited part means ... transferred with it. Although regulations already did exist that required the tracking of life-limited parts when they were installed on an aircraft, this regulation was generated to govern the disposition of such parts when they were removed from…