Developing an Aircraft Maintenance Program

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Introduction
y Maintenance Programme is a document containing
the maintenance requirements/tasks that needs to be
carried out on an aircraft in order to ensure
its continuing airworthiness
y The maintenance programme must be produced for
each aircraft type by the Operator (AOC Holder) and
subsequently approved by the National Aviation
Authority (NAA)
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Maintenance planning document (MPD)
y The MPD document provides maintenance Planning information
necessary for operators To develop a customized maintenance
Program. The document lists all Recommended scheduled
maintenance tasks For every aircraft configuration.
y MPD is generic. It is being issued by the aircraft manufacturer and
applies to many aircraft in the world wide fleet. Therefore, it is not
customized and several (hundreds of) tasks are dependent for example
on the aircraft modification status and its serial number. It cannot be
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considered as a final list of tasks for a given tail number.
y MPD of course not contain the Reliability Control Board RCB
recommendations and engineering orders.
y MPD of course not contain the local authority requirements.
y MPD of course not contain custom modifications.
MPD
The listed mandatory
life limit may
not be increased
without consultation
with the ATR Mandatory Actions
manufacturers and Manufacturer
specific approval from
TL (Time limit Doc.) Recommendations
the EASA.
CMRs
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(equipment, MRBR
(structural life
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systems and
limits )
installations)
Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR) ‐
Before introduction of a new aircraft, the aircraft manufacturer
Before introduction of a new aircraft the aircraft manufacturer ‐ the Type
Certificate (TC) holder – must prepare and submit for approval to the relevant
airworthiness authorities the initial minimum scheduled maintenance
requirements. These minimum scheduled requirements are outlined in the
Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR)
Airworthiness Limitations
This section is confined to structural items only. It gives the structural life limits
of the primary parts of the aircraft.
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The section also gives mandatory replacement time and times between
structural inspections, as approved in Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) and
Federal Aviation Requirements (FAR) 25.571.
It also include the Critical Design Configuration Control List related to the
fuel tank safety requirements and the Aircraft Electronic System Security
Protection (AESSP).
Certification Maintenance Requirements
The Certification Maintenance Requirements (CMRs) are confined to the
equipment, systems and installations. It gives the maximum time between
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inspections as approved in JAR/FAR 25.1309. The CMRs are necessary to keep
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the same level of aircraft airworthiness as at certification.
MPD/ Source Document received from
lib
library(CD
(CD
New /revised Maintenance Requirements have
been implemented in Aircraft Maintenance
Program
Concerned sections requested for provision of
C d i d f i i f
updated/ latest Local Task Card Indices
Updated Local Task Card Indices received
/included in AMP Document
Concerned DCE requested for highlighting Critical/
Duplicate Inspection Tasks
Highlighted Critical/ Duplicate Inspection Tasks
received, marked & included in AMP Document
Revised AWL/ CMR/ FAL/ATR life limited
document sent to concerned sections for further
action (As required)?
Incorporated all revisions/ changes that have been
made to Aircraft Maintenance Program Document
after last AMP revision
AMP sent to PCAA for approval
y On first sight, the MPD looks exactly like an AMP. Just like the AMP, it contains
a long table with entries for different maintenance tasks. AMP is revised to
keep following status in view.
Aircraft modification status:
y The applicability of several tasks is dependent on the aircraft modification
status. In several cases, the MPD may list a task as “pre mod” or “post mod”.
The author of the AMP must know whether the aircraft is “pre” or “post” in
order to know which task applies and should be carried out Also the aircraft
order to know which task applies and should be carried out. Also, the aircraft
may have custom modifications embodied, which often come with their own
maintenance tasks.
Aircraft Airworthiness Directives ADs status:

y The final AMP should include all applicable tasks which need to be performed
on the aircraft. This includes applicable and repetitive inspections called for by
airworthiness directives.
Aircraft Service Bulletins SB status:

y All service bulletin approved by aircraft operator /owner to carry out should be
included in AMP.
Operator Reliability Program Reliability recommendations:
y Based on an analysis of the operator’s reliability program, the author of
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the AMP can decide to shorten some maintenance intervals for given
tasks, or – on the contrary – extend them. In both cases, will need to
convince the appropriate aviation authority that such a decision is well
supported by maintenance but this can (and, in fact, should) be done
to fully account for the type of operations in a given airline.
Local authority requirements

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