Plane Sense
Light-Sport Aircraft Registration ...........................4-5
State Registration Requirements ...........................4-5
Additional Information ..........................................4-5
Chapter 5:
special Flight Permits .................................5-1
Circumstances Warranting
a Special Flight Permit ...........................................5-1
Foreign-Registered Civil Aircraft ...........................5-2
Obtaining a Special Flight Authorization...............5-2
Application for Airworthiness Certificate...............5-2
Chapter 6:
light-sport Aircraft ......................................6-1
Definition ................................................................6-1
LSA Certification ....................................................6-1
LSA Registration .....................................................6-1
Available Resources ................................................6-2
Light Sport Aviation Branch, AFS-610 .........6-2
Experimental Aircraft Association ...............6-2
Regulatory Guidance ..............................................6-2
Chapter 7:
Aircraft maintenance..................................7-1
Maintenance Responsibilities ................................7-1
14 CFR Part 91, Subpart E ......................................7-1
Manufacturer Maintenance Manuals.....................7-2
Preventive Maintenance .........................................7-2
Inspections ..............................................................7-2
Annual Inspection ..........................................7-2
100-Hour Inspection ......................................7-2
Condition Inspection ......................................7-2
Other Inspection Programs ...................................7-2
Progressive Inspections .................................7-3
Altimeter System Inspection .........................7-3
Transponder Inspection .................................7-3
Preflight Inspection ........................................7-3
Repairs and Alterations ..........................................7-3
Minimum Equipment List/
Configuration Deviation List ..................................7-3
FAA Resources ........................................................7-3
Experimental Aircraft .............................................7-3
Chapter 8:
maintenance records .................................8-1
Responsibilities of the Aircraft Owner ..................8-1
Logbooks .................................................................8-2
Airworthiness Directives ........................................8-2
Safety Directives .....................................................8-2
Service Bulletins .....................................................8-2
FAA Form 337,
Major Repair and Alteration ..................................8-2
Entries into Aircraft Maintenance Records ...........8-2
14 CFR Part 43, Section 43.9,
Content, form, and disposition of
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
rebuilding, and alteration records (except
inspections performed in accordance
with part 91, part 125, §135.411(a)(1), and
§135.419 of this chapter .................................8-3
14 CFR Part 43, Section 43.11,
Content, form, and disposition of records
for inspections conducted under parts 91
and 125 and §§135.411(a)(1) and 135.419
of this chapter................................................ 8-3
14 CFR Part 91, Section 91.409,
Inspections .....................................................8-3
14 CFR Part 91, Section 91.411,
Altimeter system and altitude
reporting equipment tests and inspections ..8-3
14 CFR Part 91, Section 91.413,
ATC transponder tests and inspections ........8-3
14 CFR Part 91, Section 91.207,
Emergency locator transmitters ...................8-3
Amateur-Built Aircraft ...........................................8-4
Available Resources ................................................8-4
Chapter 9:
Airworthiness directives ..........................9-1
Types of ADs Issued ...............................................9-1
Standard AD Process ..............................................9-1
Emergency AD ........................................................9-1
Superseded AD .......................................................9-2
Compliance with ADs .............................................9-2
Amateur-Built Aircraft ...........................................9-2
Summary of ADs .....................................................9-2
Obtaining ADs ........................................................9-2
Chapter 10:
service difficulty Program .................... 10-1