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What type of maintenance is performed by line maintenance?
Part 145 regulations define line maintenance as any maintenance tasks that can be performed outside of a hangar, under open skies. Tasks related to line maintenance are relatively straightforward, and often involve routine in-service inspections, daily check actions, trouble-shooting and rectifications.
What does line maintenance refer to?
Line Maintenance means any work required to be carried out on an Engine in accordance with the Manuals and which Operator may accomplish without returning such Engine to an Authorized Facility.
What is on condition maintenance?
“On-condition” maintenance means an inspection/functional check that determines an item’s performance and may result in the removal of an item before it fails in service. It is not a philosophy of fit until failure or fit and forget.
What are the functions of a line maintenance?
Line maintenance is everything that base maintenance is not. It includes daily and weekly checks, routine tasks such as lubrication and, most importantly, the evaluation and rectification of any defects.
What do you mean by third party maintenance?
Third Party Base Maintenance refers to the base maintenance (i.e. maintenance done in aircraft hangar with special tools) carried out by a third party- other than the manufacturer and the operator.
What’s the difference between base and line maintenance?
Base maintenance: The maintenance work is done in a hangar, with special tools and equipment. Third-party just means that someone else than the operator of the aircraft is running the shop. Line maintenance: The work is done on the flight line, basically on the apron out in the open.
What do you mean by third party base?
Third Party Base Maintenance refers to the base maintenance (i.e. maintenance done in aircraft hangar with special tools) carried out by a third party- other than the manufacturer and the operator. This is usually the next level of maintenance.
Do you have to have a base maintenance contract?
The arrangement of base maintenance is not as simple as with line maintenance. Operators are required (by law) to have base maintenance contracts in place for all aircraft they operate. Such contracts need to fulfill the Part 145 contracting / subcontracting requirements and need to be approved by the respective aviation authority.