Filipe Pedro posted in General Aviation
Hello to all. This question may not be specific to the General Aviation Comunity, but does anyone know if EASA has any regulation that is similar or equivalent to FAA's 14 CFR § 91.409 (see https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.409)?
My question has to do specifically with the US requirement that every aircraft must only fly if in the last 100H it was subjected to a 100H or annual inspection, but considering that "The 100-hour limitation may be exceeded by not more than 10 hours while en route to reach a place where the inspection can be done."
This would be a requirement that supports the aircraft be able to land with a total of flight hours past the due time for inspection, within a certain limit. (the time that the aircraft flew overlimit would obviously need to be taken into account when determining the due time for the following inspection).
Thank you in advance
There used to be national regulations in certain countries like this, such as in Portugal but this was before EASA, i.e., those that required 100h/Annual inspections.
Nowadays, any operator commercial or otherwise has to have a maintenance programme approved by the NAA which must follow the airworthiness limitations schedule (ATA 04) and in most cases, the manufacturer's recommendations (ATA 05).
BTW, the equivalent to FAA Part 91 operators are the EASA NCC and/or NCO Operators.
As to tolerances that you are mentioning, that will have to be foreseen in that maintenance programme and approved by the NAA as well. Generally, most/all of the ATA 04 items will not have allowed tolerances (some exceptions, of course) whereas, ATA 05 items frequently have a blanket tolerance of 10% or similar.
So, in answer to your question, check the approved maintenance programme for your specific aircraft but there is no overall regulation to cover all.
Hi Filipe, For private single engine aircraft you can under EASA go by a Self Declared maintenance program and the rules around that gives you the extensions that are allowed. The authority under EASA do not need to approve such program, only to be notified of such program for particular aircraft. Hope this helps.
Applies to ELA 1 aircraft: M.A.302(h) (Only possible for ELA1 aircraft not used in commercial operations) and then Note 1: The below task list is based on AMC M.A.302(i) in Annex I to ED Decision 2015/024/R (2015/029/R).
Note 2: To be performed every annual/100 h interval, whichever comes first. A tolerance of one month or 10 h may be applied. However the next interval shall be calculated from the date/hours originally scheduled (without the tolerance).
Since Part ML introduction, it applies to ELA 2 aircraft too.
Thank you all for your contributions. They were very helpfull
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