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Dr. Anwar Al Assaf

The document outlines the key components of an aviation maintenance program, including maintenance manuals, schedules, record keeping, contracted work, personnel training, and hazardous materials handling. It discusses process-oriented and task-oriented maintenance approaches and describes maintenance tasks for systems, structures, and zones. Key maintenance documents like the Maintenance Review Board Report and Maintenance Planning Document are also summarized.

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Dr. Anwar Al Assaf

The document outlines the key components of an aviation maintenance program, including maintenance manuals, schedules, record keeping, contracted work, personnel training, and hazardous materials handling. It discusses process-oriented and task-oriented maintenance approaches and describes maintenance tasks for systems, structures, and zones. Key maintenance documents like the Maintenance Review Board Report and Maintenance Planning Document are also summarized.

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Dr. Anwar Al ASSAf


Aviation Maintenance Program Outlined

1. Airworthiness responsibility
2. Maintenance manual
3. Maintenance organization
4. Maintenance schedule
5. Maintenance record keeping system
6. Accomplishment and approval of maintenance and alterations
7. Contract Maintenance
8. Continuing analysis and surveillance
9. Personnel training
10. Hazardous materials and dangerous goods
Additional Maintenance Program
Requirements

– Engineering – Material – Planning –


Maintenance control center –
Training – Computing – Publications
Roles

 The Role of the Engineer


• The Role of the Mechanic
• Two Types of Maintenance
• Reliability • Redesign
• Failure Rate Patterns
• Other Maintenance Considerations
• Establishing a Maintenance Program
Development of Maintenance Program

 Introduction
• Maintenance Steering Group (MSG)Approach
• Process-Oriented Maintenance
• Task-Oriented Maintenance
• Maintenance Program Documents
• Maintenance Intervals Defined
• Changing Basic Maintenance Intervals
Introduction

 Two basic approaches to Maintenance


– Process-oriented
– Task-oriented
Difference between two is
• the attitude toward maintenance actions
• the manner in which actions are assigned to components and systems
Process-oriented Approach

 Hard time (HT) : is the removal of an item at a predetermined interval (hrs,


cycles, calendar time).
 On-condition (OC) : item will be checked at specific intervals (hrs, cycles, or
calendar time).
 Condition monitoring (CM) :monitors failure rates, removal rates etc. to
facilitate maintenance planning.
 HT and OC are for components or systems that have definite life limits or
detectable wear out periods. – CM items are operated to failure and failure
rates are tracked to aid in future prediction or failure rate prevention.
HARD TIME (HT)

Items that can have an adverse effect on safety but no maintenance check for
that condition
• Rubber seals, bushing etc..
• Structural inspection, landing gear overhaul, and life limited engine parts,
mechanical actuators, hydraulic pumps and motors, electric motors and
generators
 • Can be OC as long as not safety related…
ON-CONDITION (OC)

On-condition limited to continued airworthiness by measurements or tests


without doing a tear-down inspection
Examples
• Tire tread and brake linings
• Scheduled borescope inspections of engines
• Engine oil analysis
• Brake wear indicator pins
• Control cables (measure for diameter, tension, and broken strands)
• Linkages, control rods, pulleys … etc. (measure for wear, end or side play, or
backlash
 CM components are operated until failure occurs unscheduled maintenance
 •ATA states regarding CM:
– Item has no direct, adverse effect on safety
– Must not have any “hidden function” (not evident to crew) that could effect safety
– Must be in condition monitoring or reliability program
– Avionics and electronic components
•Basic elements include – data on unscheduled removals, maintenance log entries,
on-board data systems, shop findings etc. – can be used to adjust HT and OC
intervals
•Only monitors failure not the condition of items
Task-oriented Approach

 Uses predetermined maintenance tasks to avoid in-service failures


– Redundancy and reliability programs utilized
– “Top-down” approach or“ consequence of failure”
– safety driven
– Used to identify suitable scheduled maintenance tasks to prevent failures and
maintain the inherent reliability of the system
Three categories:
• Airframe systems tasks
• Structural item tasks
• Zonal tasks
Maintenance Tasks for Airframe Systems

 Lubrication
• Servicing
• Inspection
• Functional Check
• Operational Check
• Visual Check
• Restoration
• Discard
Structural deterioration and inspection

Environmental Deterioration •
 Climate or environment may be time dependent •
 Accidental Damage –Result of human error or impact with an object
 Fatigue Damage – Crack or cracks due to loading or stress
Structural inspection techniques •
 General Visual Inspection – Visual exam that will obvious conditions detect or
discrepancies •
 Detailed Inspection – Use of inspection aids, (i.e. mirrors, hand lenses) may
require surface cleaning and detailed access •
 Special Detailed Inspection – Use of Nondestructive inspection (NDI): dye
penetrant, high- powered magnification, magnetic particle, eddy current
Zonal Maintenance Tasks

 Ensures all systems, components, and installations within a specified zone


receive adequate screening, security of installation and general condition
 • Look, listen, and feel test – General visual inspection – Detailed visual
inspection
Maintenance Steering Group Approach(MSG)

 Began in 1968 (B747) with reps from Boeing’s design and maintenance
groups, from the suppliers, airlines who desired to purchase aircraft and the
FAA. •
 6 Industrial Working Groups IWGs: –
 structures – mechanical systems
 – engine and auxiliary power plant(APU)
 – electrical and avionics systems – flight controls and hydraulics
 – zonal • Used “bottom-up” review to determine which process to use HT,OC
or CM
MSG-2
 Systems and components  Structures  Engines

 Step1 identify the maintenance or structure items requiring analysis.


 Step2 identify the functions and failure modes associated with the item and
the effect of a failure.
 Step3 identify those tasks which may have potential effectiveness.
 Step4 assess the applicability of those tasks and select those deemed
necessary.
 Step5 for structures only, evaluate initial sampling thresholds
MSG-3

 • Failure is assigned safety and economic whether it is an evident or hidden


failure
 • Level One analysis
 • Level Two analysis
Maintenance Program Documents

 • Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR) – Contains the initial scheduled


maintenance program for US certificated operators
 – Includes the systems and power plant maintenance program, the structural
inspection program, and the zonal inspection program
 – Also includes aircraft zone diagrams, a glossary, and list of abbreviations
and acronyms
Maintenance Planning Document (MPD)

 – Contains all the maintenance task information from the MRBR report plus
additional tasks by the airframe manufacturer
 – At Boeing, Maintenance Planning Data(MPD)
 – At McDonnell-Douglas, On Air Maintenance Planning(OAMP) –
 At Airbus, Maintenance Planning Document(MPD)
 – Includes diagrams showing locations and numbering of access doors and
panels, aircraft dimensions, planning for maintenance checks – to include
man-hour requirements
Maintenance Interval Defined

 • Most intervals are standard but airlines can create own intervals as long as
the integrity of the original task is maintained or receive FAA approval
 • Transit Check – pre-flight and turn – Visual, open/loose panels, fluid leaks
 • 48 hour Checks – “daily” – Wheels, brakes, fluid levels, hydraulic fluid
 • Hourly limit Checks – (100,200, 250 etc.) – Engines, flight control systems
 • Operating cycle limit Checks – Tires, brakes, landing gear, airframe
structures
 • Letter Checks – (A, B, C, and D) – Development of 777, MSG-3 eliminated
checks
 • Changing Intervals
 – Hot, humid climates – more CC
 – Dry, desert climates – check for sand and dust
 – As aircraft age, intervals for some items may shorten while others may lengthen

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