FAA Advisory Circular 43-13 Aircraft Inspection &

[Guest joe]

Good afternoon All,

 

Could anyone tell me if the above reference which is on sale from the

 

AUF shop for $28.60 to members, is still the benchmark reference of

 

sorts to be followed for the inspection & Repair of ultralights?

 

cheers, Joe (I see it is also downloadable - free - from the FAA site)

 

 

[pylon500]

If doing maintenance on GA's, CASA now want to see authorisation via

 

the manufacturers maintenance manual, or failing suffiscient

 

information from same, a Reg 35 Engineering Order to justify basically

 

any work done beyond a grease and oil change.This must then be

 

signed for by, the guy that did the work, his supervisor, the hanger

 

maintenance authority holder as well as being signed and approved by

 

the Reg 35 guy!What CASA doesn't know is that we all get our ideas from AC 43-13! A

 

one man band maintainer can usually do about 4 hours actual work a day,

 

the rest of the time is wasted trying to prove that he actually knew

 

what he was doing, trying to keep his inventory up to date (in case he gets inspected),

 

getting all his release certificates in order and trying to convince

 

his customers that it really does take 4 hours of 'work' time to change

 

eight spark plugs!!

 

And we wonder why GA is so expensive and dying?!!

 

Arthur.