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A type certificate (TC) is issued to signify the airworthiness of the approved design or "type" of an aircraft to be manufactured. The TC is issued by a regulatory authority, and once issued, the design cannot be changed unless at least part of the process for certification is repeated to cover the changes.
An airworthiness directive (commonly abbreviated as AD) is a notification to owners and operators of certified aircraft that a known safety deficiency with a particular model of aircraft, engine, avionics or other system exists and must be corrected.
The Cirrus SR22 is a single-engine four- or five-seat composite aircraft built since 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota, United States.. It is a development of the Cirrus SR20, with a larger wing, higher fuel capacity and more powerful, 310-horsepower (231 kW) engine, and a 315 hp (235 kW) engine for the turbocharged version of the aircraft.
Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.
The rights to the design were sold to Commander Aircraft Company in 1988. [1] They improved the interior and made other upgrades to the Commander 114B series, released in 1992. Approximately 200 examples were produced before they shut down in 2002. Aircraft produced between 2000-2002 were named Commander 115 for commercial purposes.
In July 2017, GE Aviation issued a Service Bulletin recommending that airlines perform regular inspections of first- and second-stage disks of all CF6 engines built before 2000. [ 12 ] On January 30, 2018, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its final report on the accident involving American 383. [ 1 ]
As of April 3, 2011, Boeing was developing a Service Bulletin for the inspection of similar aircraft. [16] On April 5, 2011, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring operators of 737 series 300, 400 and 500 aircraft to increase the frequency of inspections of lap joints on high flight cycle airframes. The AD requires ...
Producing between 230 and 350 horsepower (170 and 260 kW) [1] these engines are installed in a large variety of aircraft. [2] The main competitors are the Continental IO-520 and IO-550 series. An AEIO version was developed for high-performance competition aerobatics aircraft. Starting at 260 hp (190 kW) the power was eventually increased to 300 ...