Quality assurance manager

Mohamed  Ali
Mohamed Ali • 22 June 2024
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When releasing aircraft after maintenance check..to what extend AMO's might be involved in aircraft airworthiness directives..

Does operator need to share AD's status with AMO,or the AMO should dig deep to see if there is overdue AD?

Comments (9)

Manos Karagiorgos
Manos Karagiorgos

The tracking of the AD status is the responsibility of the operator’s CAMO. The AMO is responsible to issue the CRS for the maintenance performed.

Mohamed Salih
Mohamed Salih

Nevertheless the AD monitoring is the responsibility of the CAMO/operator, and AD status is not one of the maintenance data which is required to be given by the operator to the AMO, some AMO's are requesting the AD status to make sure they're releasing the aircraft serviceable and AIRWORTHY.

Mohamed Salih
Mohamed Salih

No, it is clearly stated: Since the CRS only certifies that the maintenance ordered by the operator (CAMO) has been performed and released in accordance with Part-145, it does not guarantee that all the continuing airworthiness requirements are met (there may be some missing maintenance that has not been ordered by the operator). This is the responsibility of the operator (CAMO).

Missing maintenance could be an AD.

Mohamed  Ali
Mohamed Ali

Yes,AMO adresses the known incomplete maintenance in CRS,and in cases where operator refuses it ceases the issuance...
But my concern is how maintenanceorganisations-icase of AD overdue -knows operator AD non compliance while it's not responsible to track them?(also in item 4)

Mohamed Salih
Mohamed Salih

Maintenance organizations can't know the overdue AD unless the operator provides them the AD status with an obvious overdue AD.
The incomplete maintenance is the maintenance for which the organization can't do an action on it, that's why the organization has to indicate it in the CRS as an incomplete maintenance.

Mohamed Salih
Mohamed Salih

The non-compliance in item 4 referes to the defects found during the execution of the maintenance which has been ordered by the operator

Arkadiusz Lisek
Arkadiusz Lisek

The AMO responsibility for AD compliance on released A/C is rather limited to cases where discovered A/C configuration in the mainained systems/zones is not in compliance with AD requirements. So it is rather concerning modification than inspection ADs. Some inspection ADs with interval shorter than maintenance time could be also the case.
Anyway AMO is obliged to assure its personnel awarness on ADs touching its scope of work.


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