UDB DEPARTAMENTO DE AERONAUTICA

Facultad de Aeronáutica
Departamento de Aeronáutica

Administración del Mantenimiento Aeronáutico

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Tema: Programa de Confiabilidad

(Reliability Program)
(Unidad III)

Docente: Mg. Adriana Figueroa.

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Contenido.

1. Función de Ingeniería Descripción, Sistemas, y

Procedimientos de Planeación y Control.
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2. Análisis de Fallas
3. Modificaciones de Equipos de Vuelo
4. Programad e Confiabilidad
5. Sistemas de Control y Registros Tecnicos de Aviones y
Componentes.
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Programa de Confiabilidad ( Reliability Program)

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Definition:

It can be defined as the probability that an item will perform a

required function, under specified conditions without failure,
for a specified amount of time according to its intended design.

The reliability program is a valuable means of achieving better

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operational performance in an aircraft maintenance environment,

and its designed to decrease maintenance related issues and
increase flight safety.

There are two main approaches to the concept or reliability in the

aviation industry:

 The first approaches is to look at the overall airline reliability. This

is measured essentially by dispatch reliability; that is, by how
often the airline achieves an on-time departure of its scheduled
flights.
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 The second approach is to consider reliability as a

program specifically designed to address the
problems of maintenance (whether or not they cause
delays) and provide analysis of and corrective actions
for those items to improve the overall reliability of the
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equipment.
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Types of Reliability:

Statistical Historical Event Oriented Dispatch

• Based upon collection
• It is a comparison Reliability
and analysis of It is a measure
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failure, removal and of current event • Event-orinted

rates with those of of the overall
rapir rates of system reliability is
or component. past experience. concerned with effectiveness of
one-time events the airline
• Event rates are • The most common such as bird strikes, operation with
calculated on the one is when new hard landing,
basiss of events per overwight landing,
respect to o-
equiment is being
1000 flights or events introduced. in-flight engine time departure.
per 100 flight cycles shutdowns, lightijg
strikes or flight
It is a simple
interruption. calculation base
on 100 flight.
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Programa de Confiabilidad ( Reliability Anaysis)

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This analysis is continuous and provides the method for
monitoring the operational reliability of each fleet of airplanes.

The following events are monitored:

Increased
frequency of
Non- Routing
unscheduled
finding
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parts removal
from aircraft.

Alerted aircraft systems versus

Increased aircraft systems
Engineering Investigations (or
malfunction leaded by
Actions Taken) for further
Pilots Reports or
actions control and follow up
Maintenance Reports.
(Corrective Actions

Increased fleet
operation
interruptions
(Delays,
Cancellations etc.)
caused by
maintenance.
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The Reliability Program has been developed based on
the guidelines of FAA AC 120-17A.

There are seven basic elements that comprise the

program of Reliability:
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5.Range
6. Reports
1. Data 2. Data 3. Corrective 4. Warning adjustments 7. Program
and data
Collection Analysis Actions Systems and changes Revision
presentation
in processes
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1. Data Collection:

The system provides timely and accurate information to

support the Reliability Program. The following
information is collected and analyzed:
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a. Pilot reports (airplane registry number, event date,

logbook reference, problem description, corrective action)
b. Delays and Cancellations
c. Significant findings from non-routine
d. Unscheduled removal of components and Failures
e. In flight shutdown (IFSD)
f. Critical Failures
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2. Data Analysis:
Whenever an item goes alert status, the reliability
department does a preliminary analysis to determine if the
alert is valid.
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The Maintenance Reliability Program uses the three-month

rate compared to the established alert value (UCL) to
determine the performance of a system or component.

UCL: Is the Upper Control Limit, individually calculated usually

once a year per Ata, Unit or Component, used to determine
the Alert Status.
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3. Corrective Action:

Can vary from one-time efforts correcting a deficiency in

a procedure to the retraining of mechanics to changes in
the basic maintenance program.
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The investigation of these alert conditions commonly

results in one or more of the following action:

 Modifications of equipment
 Change in or correction to line, hangar, shop
processes o practices
 Disposal of defective part.

Corrective action should be completed within 1 month of

issuance of the EO.
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3. Corrective Action:

The corrective actions and documentation used to implement the

corrective actions can be summarized in the following table:
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4. System Alert:

The reliability section will monitor the alerts triggered by

the repetitive reports to detect behavior with negative
trends on an aircraft, system or component. On the
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same way it establishes the alert levels subject to the

approval of the reliability committee. The Maintenance
computerized system allows the earlier detection of
potential problems emitting alerts on real time.
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4. System Alert:

YELLOW (YL): Yellow status exists when the Monthly

rate value exceeds the UCL provided that the Three-
Month rate value does not exceed the UCL, and will be
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recognized by a "YL" flag on the Monthly Reliability

Report. YELLOW status means that affected system was
near the fixed alert level (UCL), however, no action is
required.
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4. System Alert:

RED (AL): Red Status exits when the Three-Month rate

calculated value is higher than the Fixed AlertValue
(UCL), and will be recognized by an "AL" flag on the
Monthly Reliability Report. RED alerts are analized by the
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Engineering Department in order to determine if further

investigation is required and to recommend corrective
actions (if applicable).
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5. Maintenance intervals adjustment and change
process

The changes to the primary Maintenance process,

general revision, inspections, and check periods for
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rotable components. A process change in the

Maintenance of a rotable component may be requested
by any person in the Maintenance system because of
the operative experience or to changes in the master
Maintenance program or any other applicable concept
coming from the manufacturer or after an analysis of the
component’s behavior by the Reliability department.
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5. Maintenance intervals adjustment and change
process

The reliability section will revise the requested change

and will verify does not have any problem on the
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stablished logic of the Maintenance program, besides,

the reliability section will determine if the change
requested does not alter the component’s life limit,
specified time on the aircraft type certificate, any
subsequent AD or a regulation.
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6. Reports and data presentation

The reports are organized, revised and published

monthly to illustrate the reliability of each system or
controlled component.
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The performance tables of the reliability program will be

graphically illustrated and kept on file by the reliability
section. The tables will be available to be
reviewed/consulted by appropriate Maintenance
personnel of the company.
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7. Program Revision
The Maintenance Reliability Control Board has overall
responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the
Continuous Analysis and Surveillance. A Reliability
Control Board composed of Permanent and Advisory
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Members exercises control over the analysis, and

provide directives for corrective actions.
RCB Members:
Reliability and Maintenance Program Chief (Chairman)
Quality Assurance Manager or his designee
Maintenance Manager or his designee
Quality Control Manager or his designee
Maintenance Manager or his designee
Engineering Technical Chief or his designee
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Bibliografia.

1. Pagina FAA Regulaciones FAR 145 & 43

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-
idx?SID=3e30a9bddb2f66ab847babee7d017e73&mc=true
&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14cfr145_main_02.tpl.
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2. Pagina AAC Regulaciones, RAC 145 & 43.

http://www.aac.gob.sv/?page_id=792

3. Society of Automotive Engineer, 2014