What aircraft need "Daily inspections".
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What aircraft need "Daily inspections".
Would like to know what dictates if an aircraft has to have a Daily inspection signed off in euroland.
I realise it would be in the maintenance schedule but would like to know if there is a weight limit or pax size that automatically requires a daily and the applicable ref.
ie Citation Mustang no, B737 yes.
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I realise it would be in the maintenance schedule but would like to know if there is a weight limit or pax size that automatically requires a daily and the applicable ref.
ie Citation Mustang no, B737 yes.
Many thanks
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Technically every aircraft requires a "Daily" however pending on the maintenance schedule or the maintenance control manual (that the aircraft is maintained under) will depend on the requirements. It would be up to the individual, or the registered oporator for the required inspections. You would generally start at a King Air up for a daily pending on the individual requirements.
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Every a/c requires it but it all depends on the Maintenance Schedule of the operator and can be different for different types operated by the the same operator.These can depend on calendar days/flight hours/or the time period!!
As Mr Mixer says all aircraft need some form of pre-flight inspection - be it a microlight or an A380. So, applying that knowledge, there is not a weight or Pax limit / restriction.
The term varies from type-to-type between:
Pre-Flight Inspection,
Pre-Departure Inspection,
Before Flight Inspection,
Before First Flight Inspection,
Daily Inspection, or even
'A' Check (or even Check 'A')
Depending on the Maint Schedule for that aircraft that particular inspection / check would normally qualify for needing a CRS and as such would need the certifier to hold an appropriate licence or be an approved pilot.
The term varies from type-to-type between:
Pre-Flight Inspection,
Pre-Departure Inspection,
Before Flight Inspection,
Before First Flight Inspection,
Daily Inspection, or even
'A' Check (or even Check 'A')
Depending on the Maint Schedule for that aircraft that particular inspection / check would normally qualify for needing a CRS and as such would need the certifier to hold an appropriate licence or be an approved pilot.
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Those of you familiar with smaller commercial aircraft will recognise the term "Check A" for the Daily inspection which is different from the pre-flight. All aircraft require a pre-flight that can be accomplished by the pilot or other qualified person without a CRS being issued (unless there are maintenance items on the pre-flight and some pilots in some types of operation can be issued with a Part 145 or M subpart F authorisation - this is not pilot/owner maintenance, by the way. This is an authorisation issued by the AMO. Some operations can allow pilots to be issued with an authorisation by the aMO to certify the Daily/Check "A". Pilot/owner maintenance is available for non-commercial < 2730 kg)).
Some aircraft flip between commercial and non-commercial ops and some pilots forget to use the technical log or to accomplish the tasks required for commercial ops.
Some aircraft flip between commercial and non-commercial ops and some pilots forget to use the technical log or to accomplish the tasks required for commercial ops.
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Learjet for instance only require a daily prior to the first flight of each day. Is termed a pre-flt as per the flight manual. If no flying is done the aircraft does not need to recieve an inspection. The P/F is certified by an approved pilot..You find this is the same on most corporate aircraft. An engineer/mechanic is only required to do daily/pre flt if there company has it written in there system of maintenance.
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Many thanks for all the info,
So most corporate aircraft AFAIK do not require a "Daily by an engineer" it is a check signed off by the pilot-this is my experience also.
However most commercial passenger aircraft require a "Daily by an engineer" again this is my experiance also.
As pointed out it will be given in the maintenance schedule or MPD for the aircraft type.
What I was after is where a Daily by an engineer is required rather than a check by the pilot, or is this down to the company and the interpretation of the maintenance schedule/MPD.
I am interested as we have a corporate fleet that is starting to receive bigger and bigger aircraft types.
Any general CAA/EASA references would be useful.
Many thanks.
So most corporate aircraft AFAIK do not require a "Daily by an engineer" it is a check signed off by the pilot-this is my experience also.
However most commercial passenger aircraft require a "Daily by an engineer" again this is my experiance also.
As pointed out it will be given in the maintenance schedule or MPD for the aircraft type.
What I was after is where a Daily by an engineer is required rather than a check by the pilot, or is this down to the company and the interpretation of the maintenance schedule/MPD.
I am interested as we have a corporate fleet that is starting to receive bigger and bigger aircraft types.
Any general CAA/EASA references would be useful.
Many thanks.
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Part M - M.A. 201 talks about pre-flight; M.A. 302 talks about maintenance programmes. UK CAA "Anybody's CAME" (various) also has templates concerning pre-flights and daily checks.
