Aircraft

Inspection
PRELIM WEEK 3-4

B Y: B I E R A , J N

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

• TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSPECTION.

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 What should we do prior to
inspection of the aircraft?
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 Aircraft washing

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 Basic Inspection

• Techniques/Practices
• All Plates
• Access Doors
• Fairings
• Cowling
• have been opened or removed
and the structure cleaned.

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 Basic Inspection

• When opening inspection

plates and cowling, and
before cleaning the area,
take note of any oil or other
evidence of fluid leakage.

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 Basic Inspection

• Preparation
• Paperwork
• Reference information must be
accessed

• Studied before proceeding to the

aircraft to conduct the inspection.

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 Basic Inspection

• Why do we need to
review the logbook?

• The aircraft logbooks must be

reviewed to provide background
information and a maintenance
history of the particular aircraft.

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 Basic Inspection

• The appropriate checklist or

checklists must be utilized to
ensure that no items are forgotten
or overlooked during the
inspection.

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Basic Inspection
• Many additional publications must be available, either in hard copy or in
electronic format, to assist in the inspections.
• These additional publications may include information provided by the
aircraft and engine manufacturers, appliance manufacturers, parts
vendors, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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 Basic Inspection
• These additional publications may
include information provided by
the
• aircraft and engine manufacturers,
• appliance manufacturers,
• parts vendors
• Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA).

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Engine
Manufacturer

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 • The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike
incident at Osaka International Airport
seven years earlier as JAL Flight 115,
which damaged the aircraft's aft
pressure bulkhead.

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 • The subsequent repair of the
bulkhead did not conform to
Boeing's approved repair methods.

• For reinforcing a damaged bulkhead,

Boeing's repair procedure calls for
one continuous splice plate with
three rows of rivets

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 • The Boeing repair technicians,
however, had used two splice
plates parallel to the stress crack.
• Cutting the plate in this manner
negated the effectiveness of one
of the rows of rivets, reducing the
part's resistance to fatigue
cracking to about 70% of that for a
correct repair.

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• The post-repair inspection by JAL did not discover the defect, as it was
covered by overlapping plates.
• During the investigation, the Accident Investigation Commission
calculated that this incorrect installation would fail after about 11,000
pressurization cycles; the aircraft accomplished 12,318 successful flights
from the time that the faulty repair was made to when the crash
happened

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PRELIM WEEK 4
FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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 OBJECTIVE

• TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

CHECKLIST

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Checklists

• Always use a checklist when performing an inspection. The checklist may

be of your own design, one provided by the manufacturer of the
equipment being inspected, or one obtained from some other source.
The checklist should include the following:

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1. Fuselage and Hull Group

• a. Fabric and skin—for deterioration, distortion, other evidence of failure,

and defective or insecure attachment of fittings.
• b. Systems and components—for proper installation, apparent defects,
and satisfactory operation.
• c. Envelope gas bags, ballast tanks, and related parts—for condition.

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 EDDY CURRENT
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INSPECTION 22
 ALOHA AIRLINES
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

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ALOHA AIRLINES
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE 24
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STRUCTURAL DAMAGE 25
 PCAR PART 1 (IS)

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 PCAR PART 1 (IS)

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 PCAR PART 1 (IS)

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 What is the purpose of ballast
tanks?
• A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating
structure that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide hydrostatic
stability for a vessel, to reduce or control buoyancy,
• as in a submarine, to correct trim or list, to provide a more even load
distribution along the hull to reduce structural hogging or sagging
stresses, or to increase draft, as in a semi-submersible vessel or platform,
or a SWATH, to improve seakeeping.

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 Do airplanes have ballast tanks?

• A single ballast tank also sits closer to the middle, and it looks like there's
a spot for one more across the aisle. These tanks are filled with water and
engineers can transfer water between the tanks during flight to shift the
weight of simulated cargo or passengers.

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A380 Ballast Tanks 31
 Announcement : PrelimQuiz-2
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
COVERAGE: PP 10-2 TO 10-4
FUSELAGE AND HULL GROUP TO
MISCELLANEOUS

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 Video Presentation
B R I T I S H A I R W AY S

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 What is the purpose • Aeronautical publications are the sources of information
for guiding aviation mechanics in the operation and
of Publications? maintenance of aircraft and related equipment.

• The proper use of these publications greatly aid in the

efficient operation and maintenance of all aircraft.

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 What is included in
the Publications?

• Manufacturers’ SBs,
• Manuals, and Catalogs;

• FAA regulations;
• Airworthiness Directives (AD’s)
• Advisory Circulars (ACs);

• Aircraft, Engine, and Propeller

Specifications.

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 What are the types of Service
bulletins?

• Service bulletins or service instructions are two of several types

of publications issued by
• Airframe, Engine
• Component manufacturers.

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 What are included in the service
bulletin?
• The bulletins may include purpose for issuing the publication;
• Name of the applicable airframe, engine, or component;
• Detailed instructions for service, adjustment, modification or inspection,
• Source of parts, if required; and
• Estimated number of man-hours required to accomplish the job.

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 What is the purpose of Maintenance
Manual?
• Maintenance Manual
• The manufacturer’s aircraft maintenance manual contains complete
instructions for maintenance of all systems and components installed in
the aircraft.

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 What is the purpose of Maintenance
Manual?
• Maintenance Manual
• It contains information for the mechanic who normally works on
components, assemblies, and systems while they are installed in the
aircraft, but not for the overhaul mechanic. A typical aircraft maintenance
manual contains:

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