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AMC1 to Appendix II to Part-ML — Limited pilot-owner maintenance

ED Decision 2023/013/R

(a)The lists below specifies items that may be expected to be completed by an owner who holds a current and valid pilot licence for the aircraft type involved and who meets the competence and responsibility requirements of Appendix II to Part-ML.

(b)The list of tasks may not address in a detailed manner the specific needs of the various aircraft categories. In addition, the development of technology and the nature of the operations undertaken by these categories of aircraft may not always be adequately considered.

(c)Any other task meeting the requirements of Appendix II to Part-ML may also be performed by the pilot-owner.

(d)Therefore, the following lists are considered to meet the representative scope of limited pilot-owner maintenance referred to in ML.A.803 and Appendix II to Part-ML:

(1)Part A applies to aeroplanes;

(2)Part B applies to rotorcraft;

(3)Part C applies to sailplanes and powered sailplanes; and

(4)Part D applies to balloons and airships.

(e)Inspection tasks/checks of any periodicity included in an approved maintenance programme can be carried out provided that the specified tasks are compliant with the basic principles of Appendix II to Part-ML.

The content of periodic inspections/checks, as well as their periodicity, is not regulated or standardised in an aviation specification. It is the decision of the DAH or the declarant of a declaration of design compliance to recommend a schedule for each specific type of inspection/check.

For an inspection/check with the same periodicity for different aircraft, the content may differ and in some cases, may be critically safety-related and need the use of special tools or knowledge and thus, not qualify for pilot-owner maintenance. Therefore, the maintenance carried out by the pilot-owner should not be generalised to specific inspections such as of a 50-h, 100-h or 6-month periodicity.

The inspections to be carried out are limited to those areas and tasks listed in this AMC to Appendix II; this allows flexibility in the development of the maintenance programme and does not limit the inspection to certain specific periodic inspections. A 50-h/6-month periodic inspection for a fixed-wing aeroplane as well as the 1-year inspection for a glider may normally be eligible for pilot-owner maintenance.

TABLES

Note: Tasks in Part A or Part B marked with ‘**’ exclude IFR operations following pilot-owner maintenance. For these aircraft to operate under IFR, these tasks should be released by an appropriate certifying staff.

Part A — PILOT-OWNER MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR POWERED AIRCRAFT (AEROPLANES)

ATA

Area

Task

Aeroplanes

09

Towing

Tow release unit and tow cable retraction mechanism — cleaning, lubrication and tow cable replacement (including weak links)

Yes

Mirror — installation and replacement of mirrors

Yes

11

Placards

Placards, markings — installation and renewal of placards and markings required by the AFM and the AMM

Yes

12

Servicing

Those items not requiring a disassembly of other than non-structural items, such as cover plates, cowlings and fairings — lubrication

Yes

20

Standard practices

Safety wiring — replacement of defective safety wiring or cotter keys, excluding those in engine controls, transmission controls and flight control systems

Yes

Simple non-structural standard fasteners — replacement and adjustment, excluding the replacement of receptacles and anchor nuts requiring riveting

Yes

21

Air conditioning

Replacement of flexible hoses and ducts

Yes

23

Communication

Communication devices — remove and replace self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted communication devices with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

24

Electrical power

Batteries — replacement and servicing

Yes

Wiring — repairing broken circuits in non-critical equipment, excluding ignition system, primary generating system and required communication, as well as navigation system and primary flight instruments

Yes

Bonding — replacement of broken bonding cable

Yes

Fuses — replacement using the correct rating

Yes

25

Equipment

Safety belts — replacement of safety belts and harnesses excluding belts fitted with airbag systems

Yes

Seats — replacement of seats or seat parts not involving disassembly of any primary structure or control system

Yes

Non-essential instruments and/or equipment — replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted equipment with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

Oxygen system — replacement of portable oxygen bottles and systems in approved mountings, excluding permanently installed bottles and systems

Yes

Emergency locator transmitter (ELT) — removal/reinstallation

Yes

27

Flight controls

Removal or reinstallation of co-pilot control column and rudder pedals where design provides for quick disconnect

Yes

28

Fuel system

Fuel filter elements — cleaning and/or replacement

Yes

30

Ice and rain protection

Windscreen wiper — replacement of wiper blade

Yes

31

Instruments

Instrument panel — removal and reinstallation provided that this is a design feature with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Pitot-static system — simple sense and leak check, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Drainage — drainage of water drainage traps or filters within the pitot-static system, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Instruments — checking of markings for legibility and that those readings are consistent with ambient conditions

Yes

32

Landing gear

Wheels — removal, replacement and servicing, including replacement of wheel bearings and lubrication

Yes

Servicing — replenishment of hydraulic fluid

Yes

Shock absorber — replacement of elastic cords or rubber dampers

Yes

Shock struts — replenishment of oil or air

Yes

Skis — changing between wheel and ski landing gear

Yes

Landing skids — replacement of landing skids and skid shoes

Yes

Wheel fairings (spats) — removal and reinstallation

Yes

Mechanical brakes — adjustment of simple cable-operated systems

Yes

Brake — replacement of worn brake pads

Yes

33

Lights

Lights — replacement of internal and external bulbs, filaments, reflectors and lenses

Yes

34

Navigation

Software — updating self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted software, excluding automated flight control systems and transponders

Yes

Navigation devices — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted navigation devices with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding automated flight control systems, transponders, primary flight control system and IFR operations

Yes**

Self-contained data logger — installation, data restoration

Yes

51

Structure

Fabric patches — simple patches extending over no more than one rib, and not requiring rib stitching or removal of structural parts or control surfaces

Yes

Protective coating — application of preservative material or coatings where no disassembly of any primary structure or operating system is involved

Yes

Surface finish — minor restoration (where no disassembly of any primary structure or operating system is involved), including application of signal coatings or thin foils as well as registration markings

Yes

Fairings — simple repairs to non-structural fairings and cover plates that do not change the contour

Yes

52

Doors and hatches

Doors — removal and reinstallation

Yes

53

Fuselage

Upholstery, furnishing — minor repairs that do not require disassembly of primary structure or operating systems, or interfere with control systems

Yes

56

Windows

Side windows — replacement if no riveting, bonding or any special process is required

Yes

61

Propeller

Spinner — removal and reinstallation

Yes

71

Power plant installation

Cowling — removal and reinstallation not requiring removal of propeller or disconnection of flight controls

Yes

Induction system — inspection and replacement of induction air filter

Yes

72

Engine

Chip detectors — removal, checking and reinstallation provided that the chip detector is of a non-electrically-indicated self-sealing type

Yes

73

Engine fuel

Strainer or filter elements — cleaning and/or replacement

Yes

Fuel — mixing of required oil into fuel

Yes

74

Ignition

Spark plugs — removal, cleaning, adjustment and reinstallation

Yes

75

Cooling

Coolant — replenishment of coolant fluid

Yes

77

Engine-indicating system

Engine-indicating system — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted indicators that have quick-release connectors and do not employ direct reading connections

Yes

79

Oil system

Strainer or filter elements — cleaning and/or replacement

Yes

Oil — changing or replenishment of engine oil and gearbox fluid

Yes

Part B — PILOT-OWNER MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR ROTORCRAFT

ATA

Area

Task

Rotorcraft

11

Placards

Placards, markings — installation and renewal of placards and markings required by the AFM and the AMM

Yes

12

Servicing

Fuel, oil, hydraulic, de-iced and windshield liquid replenishment

Yes

Those items not requiring a disassembly of other than non-structural items, such as cover plates, cowlings and fairings — lubrication

Yes

20

Standard practices

Safety wiring — replacement of defective safety wiring or cotter keys, excluding those in engine controls, transmission controls and flight control systems

Yes

Simple non-structural standard fasteners — replacement and adjustment, excluding latches as well as the replacement of receptacles and anchor nuts requiring riveting

Yes

21

Air conditioning

Replacement of flexible hoses and ducts

Yes

23

Communication

Communication devices — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted communication devices with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

24

Electrical power

Batteries — replacement and servicing, excluding servicing of Ni-Cd batteries and IFR operations

Yes**

Wiring — repairing broken circuits in non-critical equipment, excluding ignition system, primary generating system and required communication, navigation system and primary flight instruments

Yes

Bonding — replacement of broken bonding cable, excluding bonding of rotating parts and flying controls

Yes

Fuses — replacement using the correct rating

Yes

25

Equipment

Safety belts — replacement of safety belts and harnesses, excluding belts fitted with airbag systems

Yes

Seats — replacement of seats or seat parts not involving disassembly of any primary structure or control system, excluding flight crew seats

Yes

Removal/installation of emergency flotation gears with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

Non-essential instruments and/or equipment — replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted equipment with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

ELT — removal/reinstallation

Yes

30

Protection from ice and rain

Windshield wiper replacement

Yes

31

Instruments

Instrument panel — removal and reinstallation provided that it is a design feature with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Pitot-static system — simple sense and leak check, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Drainage — drainage of water drainage traps or filters within the pitot-static system, excluding IFR operations

Yes**

Instruments — checking of markings for legibility and that those readings are consistent with ambient conditions

Yes

32

Landing gear

Wheels — removal, replacement and servicing, including replacement of wheel bearings and lubrication

Yes

Replacement of skid wear shoes

Yes

Fitting and removal of snow landing pads

Yes

Servicing — replenishment of hydraulic fluid

Yes

Brake — replacement of worn brake pads

Yes

33

Lights

Lights — replacement of internal and external bulbs, filaments, reflectors and lenses

Yes

34

Navigation

Software — updating of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted software, excluding automated flight control systems and transponders

Yes

Navigation devices — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted navigation devices with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding automated flight control systems, transponders, primary flight control system and IFR operations

Yes**

Self-contained data logger — installation, data restoration

Yes

51

Structure

Protective coating — application of preservative material or coatings where no disassembly of any primary structure or operating system is involved

Yes

Surface finish — minor restoration (where no disassembly of any primary structure or operating system is involved, excluding intervention on main and tail rotors), including application of signal coatings or thin foils as well as registration markings

Yes

Fairings — simple repairs to non-structural fairings and cover plates that do not change the contour

Yes

52

Doors

Doors — removal and reinstallation

Yes

53

Fuselage

Upholstery, furnishing — minor repairs that do not require disassembly of primary structure or operating systems, or interfere with control systems

Yes

56

Windows

Side windows — replacement if no riveting, bonding or any special process is required

Yes

62

Main rotor

Removal/installation of main-rotor blades (designed for removal where special tools are not required, excluding tail-rotor blades), limited to reinstallation of the same blades previously removed in the original position

Yes

63

65

Transmission

Chip detectors — removal, checking and replacement provided that the chip detector is of a non-electrically-indicated self-sealing type

Yes

67

Flight control

Removal or reinstallation of co-pilot cyclic and collective controls and yaw pedals where design provides for quick disconnect

Yes

71

Power plant installation

Cowlings — removal and refitment

Yes

72

Engine

Chip detectors — removal, checking and reinstallation provided that the chip detector is of a non-electrically-indicated self-sealing type

Yes

79

Oil system

Filter elements — replacement, provided that the element is of the ‘spin on/off’ type

Yes

Oil — changing or replenishment of engine oil

Yes

Part C — PILOT-OWNER MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR SAILPLANES AND POWERED SAILPLANES

Abbreviations/acronyms applicable to this Part:

n/anot applicable for this category;

SPsailplane;

SSPSself-sustained powered sailplane; and

SLPS/TMGself-launching powered sailplane/touring motor glider.

ATA

Area

Task

SP

SSPS

SLPS/TMG

08

Weighing

Recalculation, small changes of the trim plan without needing a reweighing

Yes

Yes

Yes

09

Towing

Tow release unit and tow cable retraction mechanism — cleaning, lubrication and tow cable replacement (including weak links)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mirror — installation and replacement of mirrors

Yes

Yes

Yes

11

Placards

Placards, markings — installation and renewal of placards and markings required by the AFM and the AMM

Yes

Yes

Yes

12

Servicing

Those items not requiring a disassembly of other than non-structural items, such as cover plates, cowlings and fairings — lubrication

Yes

Yes

Yes

20

Standard practices

Safety wiring — replacement of defective safety wiring or cotter keys, excluding those in engine controls, transmission controls and flight control systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

Simple non-structural standard fasteners — replacement and adjustment, excluding the replacement of receptacles and anchor nuts requiring riveting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Free play — measurement of the free play in the control system and the wing-to-fuselage attachment, including minor adjustments by simple means provided by the manufacturer

Yes

Yes

Yes

21

Air conditioning

Replacement of flexible hoses and ducts

Yes

Yes

Yes

23

Communication

Communication devices — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted communication devices with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

Yes

Yes

24

Electrical power

Batteries and solar panels — replacement and servicing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wiring — installation of simple wiring connections to the existing wiring for additional non-required equipment, such as electric variometers, flight computers, but excluding required communication, navigation systems and engine wiring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wiring — repairing of broken circuits in landing light and any other wiring for non-required equipment, such as electrical variometers or flight computers, excluding ignition system, primary generating system, required communication and navigation system, as well as primary flight instruments

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bonding — replacement of broken bonding cable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Switches — this includes soldering and crimping of non-required equipment, such as electrical variometers or flight computers, but excluding ignition system, primary generating system, required communication and navigation system, as well as primary flight instruments

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fuses — replacement using the correct rating

Yes

Yes

Yes

25

Equipment

Safety belts — replacement of safety belt and harnesses

Yes

Yes

Yes

Seats — replacement of seats or seat parts not involving disassembly of any primary structure or control system

Yes

Yes

Yes

Non-essential instruments and/or equipment — replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted equipment with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Removal and installation of non-required instruments and/or equipment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wing wiper, cleaner — servicing, removal and reinstallation not involving disassembly or modification of any primary structure and/or control

Yes

Yes

Yes

Static probes — removal or reinstallation of variometer static-and-total-energy compensation probes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oxygen system — replacement of portable oxygen bottles and systems in approved mountings, excluding permanently installed bottles and systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

Air brake chute — installation and servicing

Yes

Yes

Yes

ELT — removal/reinstallation

Yes

Yes

Yes

26

Fire protection

Fire warning — replacement of sensors and indicators

n/a

Yes

Yes

27

Flight control

Gap seals — installation and servicing if no complete flight control removal is required

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control system — measurement of the control system travel without removing the control surfaces

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control cables — simple optical inspection for condition

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gas dampener — replacement of gas dampener in the control or air brake system

Yes

Yes

Yes

Co-pilot stick and pedals — removal or reinstallation where design provides for quick disconnect

Yes

Yes

Yes

28

Fuel system

Fuel lines — replacement of prefabricated fuel lines fitted with self-sealing couplings

n/a

Yes

No

Fuel filter — cleaning and/or replacement

n/a

Yes

Yes

31

Instruments

Instrument panel — removal and reinstallation provided that it is equipped with quick disconnect, excluding IFR operations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pitot-static system — simple sense and leak check

Yes

Yes

Yes

Instrument panel vibration damper/shock absorbers — replacement

Yes

Yes

Yes

Drainage — drainage of water drainage traps or filters within the pitot-static system

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flexible tubes — replacement of damaged tubes

Yes

Yes

Yes

32

Landing gear

Wheels — removal, replacement and servicing, including replacement of wheel bearings and lubrication

Yes

Yes

Yes

Servicing — replenishment of hydraulic fluid

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shock absorber — replacement or servicing of elastic cords or rubber dampers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shock struts — replenishment of oil or air

Yes

Yes

Yes

Landing-gear doors — removal or reinstallation and repair including operating straps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skis — changing between wheel and ski landing gear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skids — removal or reinstallation and servicing of main, wing and tail skids

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wheel fairings (spats) — removal and reinstallation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mechanical brakes — adjustment of simple cable-operated systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

Brake — replacement of worn brake pads

Yes

Yes

Yes

Springs — replacement of worn or aged springs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gear warning — removal or reinstallation of simple gear-warning systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

33

Lights

Lights — replacement of internal and external bulbs, filaments, reflectors and lenses

n/a

n/a

Yes

34

Navigation

Software — updating of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted software, excluding automated flight control systems and transponders, and including update of non-required instruments/equipment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Navigation devices — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted navigation devices with quick-disconnect connectors, excluding automated flight control systems, transponders, primary flight control system

Yes

Yes

Yes

Self-contained data logger — installation, data restoration

Yes

Yes

Yes

51

Structure

Fabric patches — simple patches extending over no more than one rib, and not requiring rib stitching or removal of structural parts or control surfaces

Yes

Yes

Yes

Protective coating — application of preservative material or coatings where no disassembly of any primary structure or operating system is involved

Yes

Yes

Yes

Surface finish — minor restoration of paint or coating (where the underlying primary structure is not affected), including application of signal coatings or thin foils as well as registration markings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fairings — simple repairs to non-structural fairings and cover plates that do not change the contour

Yes

Yes

Yes

52

Doors

Doors — removal and reinstallation

Yes

Yes

Yes

53

Fuselage

Upholstery, furnishing — minor repairs which do not require disassembly of primary structure or operating systems, or interfere with control systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

56

Windows

Side windows — replacement if no riveting, bonding or any special process is required

Yes

Yes

Yes

Canopies — removal and refitment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gas dampener — replacement of canopy gas dampener

Yes

Yes

Yes

57

Wings

Wing skids — removal or reinstallation and service of lower wing skids or wing roller including spring assembly

Yes

Yes

Yes

Water ballast — removal or reinstallation of flexible tanks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Turbulator and sealing tapes — removal or reinstallation of approved sealing tapes and turbulator tapes

Yes

Yes

Yes

61

Propeller

Spinner — removal and reinstallation

n/a

Yes

Yes

71

Power plant installation

Removal or installation of power plant unit including engine and propeller

n/a

Yes

No

Cowling — removal and reinstallation not requiring removal of propeller or disconnection of flight controls

n/a

Yes

Yes

Induction system — inspection and replacement of induction air filter

n/a

Yes

Yes

72

Engine

Chip detectors — removal, checking and reinstallation provided that the chip detector is of a non-electrically indicated self-sealing type

n/a

Yes

Yes

73

Engine fuel

Strainer or filter elements — cleaning and/or replacement

n/a

Yes

Yes

Fuel — mixing of required oil into fuel

n/a

Yes

Yes

74

Ignition

Spark plugs — removal, cleaning, adjustment and reinstallation

n/a

Yes

Yes

75

Cooling

Coolant — replenishment of coolant fluid

n/a

Yes

Yes

76

Engine controls

Controls — minor adjustments of non-flight or propulsion controls whose operation is not critical for any flight phase

n/a

Yes

No

77

Engine-indicating system

Engine-indicating system — removal and replacement of self-contained instrument-panel-mounted indicators that have quick-release connectors and do not employ direct reading connections

n/a

Yes

Yes

79

Oil system

Strainer or filter elements — cleaning and/or replacement

n/a

Yes

Yes

Oil — changing or replenishment of engine oil and gearbox fluid

n/a

Yes

Yes

Part D — PILOT-OWNER MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR BALLOONS/AIRSHIPS

Area and task

Hot-air airship

Hot-air balloon

Gas balloon

(A) ENVELOPE

(1) Fabric repairs — excluding complete panels (as defined in, and in accordance with, the instructions issued by the TC holder or the declarant of a declaration of design compliance) not requiring load tape repair or replacement

Yes

Yes

NO

(2) Nose line — replacement

Yes

n/a

n/a

(3) Banners — fitment, replacement or repair (without sewing)

Yes

Yes

Yes

(4) Melting link (temperature flag) — replacement

Yes

Yes

n/a

(5) Temperature transmitter and temperature indication cables — removal or reinstallation

Yes

Yes

n/a

(6) Crown line — replacement (where permanently attached to the crown ring)

No

Yes

n/a

(7) Scoop or skirt — replacement or repair (including fasteners)

Yes

Yes

n/a

(B) BURNER

(8) Burner — cleaning and lubrication

Yes

Yes

n/a

(9) Piezo igniters — adjustment

Yes

Yes

n/a

(10) Burner jets — cleaning and replacement

Yes

Yes

n/a

(11) Burner frame corner buffers — replacement or reinstallation

Yes

Yes

n/a

(12) Burner valves — adjustment of closing valve not requiring special tools or test equipment

Yes

Yes

n/a

(13) Burner hoses – replacement of O-rings in the inlet connection

Yes

Yes

n/a

(C) BASKET AND GONDOLA

(14) Basket/gondola frame trim — repair or replacement

Yes

Yes

Yes

(15) Basket/gondola runners (including wheels) — repair or replacement

Yes

Yes

Yes

(16) External rope handles — repair

Yes

Yes

Yes

(17) Seat covers, upholsteries and safety belts — replacement

Yes

Yes

Yes

(D) FUEL CYLINDER

(18) Liquid valve — replacement of O-rings in the outlet

Yes

Yes

No

(E) INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT

(19) Batteries — replacement of batteries for self-contained instruments and communication equipment

Yes

Yes

Yes

(20) Communication, navigation devices, instruments and/or equipment — removal and replacement of self-contained, instrument-panel-mounted communication devices with quick-disconnect connectors

Yes

Yes

Yes

(F) ENGINES

(21) Cleaning and lubrication not requiring disassembly of other than non-structural items, such as cover plates, cowlings and fairings

Yes

n/a

n/a

(21) Cowling removal and refitment not requiring removal of the propeller

Yes

n/a

n/a

(22) Fuel and oil strainers and/or filter elements — removal, cleaning and/or replacement

Yes

n/a

n/a

(23) Batteries — replacement and servicing (excluding servicing of Ni-Cd batteries)

Yes

n/a

n/a

(24) Propeller spinner — removal and installation for inspection

Yes

n/a

n/a

(25) Power plant — removal or installation of power plant unit including engine and propeller

Yes

n/a

n/a

(26) Engine chip detectors — removal, checking and replacement

Yes

n/a

n/a

(27) Ignition spark plug — removal or installation and adjustment including gap clearance

Yes

n/a

n/a

(28) Coolant fluid — replenishment

Yes

n/a

n/a

(29) Engine controls — minor adjustments of non-flight or propulsion controls whose operation is not critical for any flight phase

Yes

n/a

n/a

(30) Engine instruments — removal and replacement

Yes

n/a

n/a

(31) Lubrication oil — changing or replenishment of engine oil and gearbox fluid

Yes

n/a

n/a

(32) Fuel lines — replacement of prefabricated hoses with self-sealing couplings

Yes

n/a

n/a

(33) Air filters (if installed) — removal, cleaning and replacement

Yes

n/a

n/a