The FAA publishes AC 43?16A, Aviation Maintenance Alerts, monthly to provide the aviation community with a means for interchanging service difficulty information. The articles contained in the Alerts are delved from the Malfunction or Defect Reports submitted by aircraft owners, pilots, mechanics, repair stations, and air taxi operators. Maintenance specialists review the reports and select … Continue reading Plane Sense Chapter 10. Maintenance Alerts
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Plane Sense Chapter 9. The Service Difficulty Program
The Service Difficulty Program provides for the exchange of service experience with aircraft and aircraft products to aid in the detection of mechanical problems. The incentive. for early detection is to get a jump on corrective actions and ultimate solutions, thereby minimizing the effect of equipment failure on safety. Aircraft owners, pilots, and mechanics are … Continue reading Plane Sense Chapter 9. The Service Difficulty Program
Oxygen Irregularities
Both pilots and controllers are educated to recognize the effects of oxygen deprivation and hypoxia. This training can be vital in safely resolving oxygen-related pilot incapacitation. Several ASRS reports illustrate: While at FL250 on an IFR flight plan, my oxygen line became disconnected from the regulator. I could hear the oxygen escaping and thought the … Continue reading Oxygen Irregularities