Aircraft maintenance checks
periodic scheduled inspection performed on aircraft to keep it airworthy
Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial and civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage. Military aircraft normally follow specific maintenance programmes which may, or may not, be similar to those of commercial and civil operators.
Commercial aviation
Airlines and other commercial operators of large, or turbine-powered, aircraft follow a continuous inspection program approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States, or by other airworthiness authorities such as the Transport Canada Civil Aviation Directorate (TCCA), or the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Each operator prepares a Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) under its Operations Specifications or "OpSpecs".
The CAMP includes both routine and detailed inspections.
Maintenance Review Board
International approach (originated by the United States FAA) is to establish initial aircraft maintenance requirements for each aircraft type in a Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR).
The MRBR is based on the analysis performed using ATA "MSG-3 Operator/Manufacturer Scheduled Maintenance Development" document (MSG-3 is for Maintenance Steering Group – 3rd Task Force). The MRBR is an approved set of aircraft initial maintenance requirements as prescribed by the Appendix H to para. 25.1529 of 14 CFR part 25. Modern aircraft with MSG-3-derived maintenance programs employ usage parameters — such as flight hours, calendar time, or flight cycles — for each required maintenance task included in the MRBR aimed to avoid and/or timely correct certain failures of an aircraft systems and parts thereof.
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