FAA Draft AC_121-22D Maintenance Review Boards, Maintenance Type Boards, and OEM/TCH Recommended Maintenance Procedures

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidelines that industry may use to develop and revise the minimum scheduled tasking/interval requirements for derivative or newly type certificated (TC) aircraft and powerplants for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval. This AC refers to these minimum scheduled tasking/interval requirements as the Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR), the Maintenance Type Board Report (MTBR), or the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)/Type Certificate Holder (TCH) Recommended Maintenance Procedures. After FAA approval, the requirements become a basis upon which operators develop their own individual maintenance programs. The report will become a dynamic report for each OEM/TCH (i.e., a document subject to periodic revision based on new or changed analysis or requirements)

FAA InFO Regulatory Requirement to Provide Enough Flight Instructors and Check Airman

Purpose: This InFO serves to remind Directors of Operations and Chief Pilots of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 121 and Part 135 air carriers/operators certified under 14 CFR Part 119 of the regulatory requirement to provide adequate numbers of flight instructors and check pilots/check flight engineers (FE) to conduct required flight training and checks.

FAA Docket No. FAA 2016-9154; Amdt. No. 91-348 Incorporation by Reference of ICAO Annex 2; Removal of Outdated North Atlantic Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications

This rule better aligns FAA regulations regarding the North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (MNPS) with the relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. The ICAO NAT Region is transitioning from the decades-old MNPS navigation specification to a more modern, Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) specification. This rule also incorporates by
reference the current version of Annex 2 (“Rules of the Air”) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the “Chicago Convention”), hereinafter referred to as “ICAO Annex 2,” in the FAA’s regulations.

FAA N8900.429 Maintenance Annex Guidance, Change 6, Requirements for FAA Form 8130-3, “Authorized Release Certificate,” for New Parts Not Having the EASA-Required Documentation

Purpose of This Notice. This notice provides aviation safety inspectors (ASI) with information to assist the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certificated repair stations (CRS) that also hold European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part-145 approval. This notice is intended to address recent concerns that have been raised by the FAA CRS and ASIs regarding the changes contained in the Maintenance Annex Guidance (MAG) Change 6 (MAG CHG 6), Section B, Appendix 1, Paragraph 10, Release and Acceptance of Components.