Industry Standards and Certifications Flashcards
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What is RTCA DO-160 and why is it important to aerospace technicians?
Answer: It defines environmental and electromagnetic test conditions for airborne equipment, ensuring avionics can withstand aircraft operating conditions
RTCA DO-160 specifies environmental and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) test conditions for airborne equipment, ensuring avionics can function reliably in the temperature, vibration, and EMC environment of aircraft.
What is the significance of the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) between the FAA and foreign aviation authorities?
Answer: It allows mutual recognition of aircraft certifications and maintenance approvals between the U.S. and partner countries, facilitating international operations
BASAs allow the FAA and partner authorities (like EASA) to accept each other's airworthiness findings, reducing duplicative certification work and facilitating international maintenance and parts approvals.
What does the term 'type certificate' mean in U.S. aviation regulation?
Answer: An FAA document that approves the design of an aircraft, engine, or propeller as meeting airworthiness standards
A Type Certificate (TC) is the FAA's approval of an aircraft design, confirming it meets all applicable airworthiness standards; any aircraft produced to that type design is considered airworthy.
What is the purpose of the FAA's Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)?
Answer: To encourage aviation maintenance and operations personnel to voluntarily report safety concerns without punitive action, improving safety data collection
ASAP is a voluntary safety reporting program that provides protection from punitive FAA action for good-faith safety reports by maintenance and operations personnel, creating richer safety data.
Which aerospace standard defines configuration management requirements to control design changes in aerospace products?
Answer: AS9100 / AS9003 and EIA-649
AS9100 includes configuration management requirements, and EIA-649 (National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management) provides detailed guidance for managing design and product configurations throughout their lifecycle.
What is the purpose of the Aviation Maintenance Alerts (AMA) publication produced by the FAA?
Answer: To share safety lessons from difficulty and defect reports submitted by technicians so the industry can learn from real maintenance findings
Aviation Maintenance Alerts compile and share actual defect reports and maintenance difficulties submitted to the FAA, helping technicians industry-wide learn from real-world findings and prevent similar problems.