Alternative parts, used serviceable material and traceability
Approved, eligible and serviceable: PMA and standard parts, designee repairs, used material and teardown, life-limited parts, receiving, quarantine and suspected unapproved parts, under EASA and FAA rules. Part 2 of the Parts and supply chain series.
What you will be able to do
- ✓ Decide whether a part may be fitted by testing it against three questions: approved, eligible and serviceable.
- ✓ Accept PMA parts, standard parts and parts repaired to designee-approved data only within the scope of their approval and the aircraft's register, using the official findings on VH-UMV (ATSB AO-2010-005).
- ✓ Judge used serviceable material from teardown by its status, release and trace pack, and compare it with new and overhauled options on expected cost.
- ✓ Verify a life-limited part's back-to-birth history for continuity and plausibility, and control removed and expired parts.
- ✓ Run receiving inspection, shelf-life control and quarantine so that only serviceable parts reach stock.
- ✓ Respond to suspected unapproved parts and falsified certificates: segregate, verify with the issuer, report and sweep the fleet.
Course content
Session 1 · What makes a part acceptable
1.1
- Approved, eligible, serviceable · free preview
- Who may make a part, and what comes with it
- Eligibility: the right part for this aircraft
- Worked example: four offers for one pump
Session 2 · Alternative parts: PMA, standard parts and repair data
1.2
- Parts manufacturer approval
- PMA parts on aircraft outside the United States
- Standard parts and repairs approved by designees
- From the investigation file: approved blades on the wrong engine
Session 3 · Used serviceable material and teardown
1.3
- What used serviceable material is
- From a parked aircraft to a certified part
- The trace pack: what a used part must carry
- Worked example: new, overhauled or as removed?
Session 4 · Life-limited parts and back-to-birth traceability
1.4
- Life-limited parts: a hard limit
- Back to birth in practice
- Removed life-limited parts: tags, segregation and mutilation
- Worked example: hunting the outlier in a disc's history
Session 5 · Receiving inspection, storage and quarantine
1.5
- Receiving inspection in five steps
- Shelf life, storage and handling
- Quarantine and the stock system
- Worked example: a night delivery for a waiting aircraft
Session 6 · Suspected unapproved parts, counterfeits and falsified documents
1.6
- From suspicion to report
- Falsified paperwork: reading a certificate with suspicion
- Safeguards built into the daily routine
- Worked example: sweeping the fleet after an alert
Who this course is for
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