No currency requirements that I'm aware of..........a&p doesn't expire.
[h=2]§ 65.83 Recent experience requirements.
A certificated mechanic may not exercise the privileges of his certificate and rating unless, within the preceding 24 months -
(a) The Administrator has found that he is able to do that work; or
(b) He has, for at least 6 months -
(1) Served as a mechanic under his certificate and rating;
(2) Technically supervised other mechanics;
(3) Supervised, in an executive capacity, the maintenance or alteration of aircraft; or
(4) Been engaged in any combination of paragraph (b) (1), (2), or (3) of this section. [/h]
There are, to the best of my knowledge, no recent experience requirements for the holder of a repairman certificate to perform a condition inspection on the aircraft authorized by that certificate. Seems illogical that an A&P would be held to a higher standard for performing a condition inspection on an owned aircraft.
I have been having another a&p IA do the annual, but he is hung up on the owner maintenance thing. He's pretty sure that can't be legal.
There are, to the best of my knowledge, no recent experience requirements for the holder of a repairman certificate to perform a condition inspection on the aircraft authorized by that certificate. Seems illogical that an A&P would be held to a higher standard for performing a condition inspection on an owned aircraft.
My A&P allows me to work on most anything that flies.
Also there are no record keeping requirements.
14 CFR 43 is a paradox. It says it does not apply to experimental yet some operating limitations specifically call out Part 43 Appendix D as being applicable.
14 CFR 43 is a paradox. It says it does not apply to experimental yet some operating limitations specifically call out Part 43 Appendix D as being applicable.
I guess this sort of thing is why he considers ownervous maintenance to be some kind of "gray area ". My contention is that if it's not prohibited, then it's allowed.
So (b) (1) is the minimum. As written there is no time requirement for maintenance performed. Inspect a spark plug every 6 months? And, as above, no logbook
entries to make. Who's to know?
For Experimental airplanes (unless they had a different type of certificate previously), Part 43 does not apply! There is no certification requirement for the person performing maintenance, no log book entry requirements or any requirements for Maintenance! The Operating Limitations do require someone with a certificate to perform required inspections, and those inspections are required to be documented in the aircraft records.
The big gotcha in all this is aircraft that were previously certified in a different category. If you have an airplane that had a Standard Certificate, Restricted Certificate, Limited Certificate . . . Then all the provisions of Part 43 still apply! You still need to record all the maintenance. Maintenance still needs to be done by Certificated persons, approved data still needs to be used for all major repairs and major alterations, and 337s still need to be filed! People that think the can go Experimental Exhibition and get out of having to do all that are wrong based on the plain language of 43.1.
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For Experimental airplanes (unless they had a different type of certificate previously), Part 43 does not apply!
Part 43 Appendix D clearly is applicable to my EAB aircraft because the operating limitations say it is.
Did you read the extract from my EAB operational limitations? If so, how do you reconcile the references to Part 43 Appendix D with your statement above?
Part 43 Appendix D clearly is applicable to my EAB aircraft because the operating limitations say it is.