2/18/93 AC 141JA Appendix 4 SECI’ION NO. 1.11 QUALITY OF INSTRUCI’ION
FAR REFERENCE Has each graduate or pilot recommended for a pilot certificate or rating completed the come of training and required final tests?
9 141.77(a) Does the pilot school - 0 141.77(b)
(1) Conduct training and instruction in accordance with its approved course of training?
(2) Enroll the student in its approved course before he/she received the instruction and training?
Has each student’s solo practice flight been approved by an authorized flight instructor who is present at that airport? 6 141.79(b) 23
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FAR REFERENCE Is the pilot school complying with the approved course of training and providing training and instruction of such quality that at least 8 out of 10 students or graduates of that school pass a test for a pilot certificate or rating on the first attempt, or a test given to a student to determine the student’s competence in a completed stage of training?
0 141.83(a) Has the chief instructor conducted each stage or final test given to a student enrolled in an approved come of instruction?
Has the chief instructor maintained training techniques, procedures, and standards for the school that are acceptable to the Administrator?
Has the pilot school immediately notified the FSDO in writing of any change in its designation of a chief instructor for an approved training course?
6 141.85(a) 0 141.87(a) yizs E 1 No 1 1 24
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FAR REFERENCE Has the pilot school conducted training in instruction for more than 60 days without a chief instructor?
0 141.87(b) During the 60-day period, did each student receive a stage or final test from an FAA inspector or designated pilot examiner?
yi% 1 1 NCI c 1 SECTION NO. 1.12 ADVERTISING Has the pilot school made any statement relating to its certification and ratings that is false or designed to mislead any person contemplating enrollment in that school?
Does the pilot school clearly differentiate between courses which have been approved and those which have not?
6 141.23(a) 6 141.23(b) 25
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REFEZENCE If the pilot school has relocated or does not hold a current certificate, has it removed ail indications that the school is certificated by the Administrator?
6 141.23(c) Does the pilot school advertise and conduct approved pilot courses in accordance with the certificate and ratings it holds?
yi2s [ 1 No 1 1 SECTION NO. 1.13 FAR PART 61 ACTIVITY Does the pilot school conduct any training or instruction not under FAR Part 141 that is not in compliance with FAR Part 61?
6 141.73(a) 6 61.1 SECTION NO. 1.14 MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST PROCEDURES Does the pilot school have and appropriately use MEL’s?
yes [ 1 NCI [ 1 0 91.213 26
AC 14LlA 2/18/93 Appendix 4 SECI’ION 2.0
AIRWORTHINESS INSPECIYION CRlTERIA
1. PURPOSE. This section has been developed as a guide for the inspection team’s we during the development of the inspection planning document. It should serve as a reference for inspection team members to use during the course of the inspection. The information is not meant to be all inclusive.
2. INDEX.
Section 2.1 Section 2.2 Section 2.3 Section 2.4 Section 2.5 Section 2.6 Section 2.7 Section 2.8 Section 2.9 Management Ratings and Authorizations Personnel - Qualifications/Supervision Maintenance Program/Inspection Facilities Records Airworthiness Directives Fueling/Servicing Aircraft/Manuals/Pilot Operating Times Handbook Section 2.10 Inoperative Equipment/Deferred Maintenance SECTION NO. 2.1 MANAGEMENT Does the operator have cold weather operating procedures established
(i.e., preheat, deice, check drain holes open, check for frozen water in fuselage and control surface)?
AC 14LlA Appendix 4 2/m/93 SECTION NO. 2.2 RATINGS AND AUTHORIZATIONS
FAR REFERENCE What ratings or authorizations does the maintenance facility have?
SECTION NO. 2.3 PERSONNEL - QUALIFICATIONS/SUPERVISION Is each person performing aircraft maintenance authorized to perform that function?
Is each person authorizing return to service qualified to do so?
SECI’ION NO. 2.4 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM/INSPECTION TIMES Are the aircraft used by the pilot school receiving at least lOO-hour inspections? 6 91.409(b) yizs [ 1 No 1 1 0 43.3 0 43.7 28
2/18/93 AC 141~IA Appendix 4 Are the aircraft manufacturer recommendations being accomplished to the following:
(1) Lubrication requirements (25,50,75, 100 hours, etc) yfx [ 1 No I 1
(2) Retractable landing gear rigging ~i23 1 1 No [ 1
(3) Flight control rigging (surface travel and direction)
FAR REFERENCE as related Are the following systems and equipment, as applicable, properly maintained?
(1) VOR yes I 1 No 1 1
(2) Altimeter yes 1 1 No 1 1 8 91.171 6 91.411
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(4) ATC transponder 0 91.413 yi% 1 1 No [ 1
(5) Emergency locator transmit&r Is the condition of the following equipment satisfactory?
(1) Seat belts
(2) Shoulder harness
(3) Seats Yes 1 1 No [ 1
(4) Seat tracks yix 1 1 No c 1 6 91.207 30
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FAR REFERENCE Are all reauired manufacturers’ maintenance manuals available:
aircraft, e&nes, avionics, etc?
yks [ 1 No c 6 43.2 1 SECIION NO. 2.6 RECORDS Are maintenance records maintained in accordance with 0 91.417?
yes 1 1 No 1 1 SECTION NO. 2.7 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES Has any person operated a product to which an airworthiness directive (AD) applies except in accordance with the requirements of that AD?
Has the operator kept AD records to include the AD number, method of compliance, revision date, and the time and date when the next action is required if the AD involves a recurring action?
8 91.417 $ 39.3 6 91.417 31
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REFERENCE Have some of the AD’s permitted the local FAA Airworthiness Inspector to approve reasonable adjustments in the AD inspection intervals to allow compliance at the operator’s established inspection periods? FAA Order 8300.9, Chap. 3 (These adjustments require prior approval of the engineering and manufacturing branch in the controlling region.)
Have some of the AD’s permitted an alternate method of compliance when it is possible that other repairs, modifications, and inspection methods could correct a particular difficulty?
(These alternate methods, providing equivalent levels of safety, must be approved by letter after close coordination with aircraft certification division, engineering, etc.)
Note: Cannot be transferred with aircraft sale. New owner will need approval.
When the service bulletins are part of an AD, have all manufacturers’ service bulletins been completed in their entirety unless the FAA has approved an alternate method of compliance?
Yes [ 1 No 1 1 (This includes all non-destructive testing processes, detailed maintenance procedures, and the use of specific chemicals, fasteners, and tools.)
Note: When an operator fails to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of an AD, the affected aircraft, power-plant, or appliance is considered unairworthy and the FAA inspector must act accordingly. Time extensions must not interfere with any AD requirements, such as repetitive inspections. Use sampling techniques and verify AD compliance with actual hands-on inspections.
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FAR REFERENCE Are the aircraft used in IFR operations properly equipped and maintained?
6 141.39(e) Are pretakeoff and prelanding checklists and the operator’s handbook for the aircraft (if one is furnished by the manufacturer) or copies of the handbook (if furnished to each student using the aircraft) carried on each aircraft used for flight instruction and solo flights?
Are the aircraft data plates in place and legible for the aircraft and engine(s)?
yizs 1 1 No 1 1 6 141.75(a) SECTION NO. 2.10 INOPERATIVE EQUIPMENT/DEFERRED MAINTENANCE Have any multiengine aircraft been used with inoperable equipment without an MEL?
yks E 1 No 1 1 6 91.213 35
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y!es [ 1 NCI 1 1 § 141.93(a) 36 *U.S. Government Printing Office: 1993 - 343-120/85918