Part 6

• Part 6 - prescribes the requirements for issuing approvals to organizations for the maintenance, preventive maintenance, and modifications of aircraft and aeronautical products
• ABBREVIATIONS:

  ·       AMO – Approved Maintenance Organization  

  ·       PMA – Parts Manufacturing Authorization

  ·       TSO – Technical Standard Order

  ·       RTS – Return to Service
• Approved Maintenance Organization Certificate – required to be issued so that an AMO can be advertise
• 60 days – the minimum days before the date the deviation
• 5 years – validity of AMO certificate
• RATINGS OF THE AMO:

  -          Airframe ratings

  -          Powerplant ratings

  -          Propeller ratings

  -          Avionics ratings

  -          Computer systems ratings

  -          Instrument ratings

  -          Accessory ratings
• Class 1 – aircraft of 5,700 kg maximum certificated take-off weight or less
• Class 2 – aircraft over 5,700 kg maximum certificated take-off weight and up to, and including, 3,200 kg maximum certificated take-off weight
• Class 3 – aircraft over 34,200 kg maximum certificated take-off weight
• Class 4 – rotorcraft of 2,736 kg maximum certificated take-off weight or less
• Class 5 – rotorcraft over 2,736 kg maximum certificated take-off weight
• Class 6 – aircraft composed primarily of composite material, of 5,700 kg maximum certificated take-off weight or less
• Class 7 – aircraft composed primarily of composite material, over 5,700 kg maximum certificated take-off weight
• Powerplant ratings:

  Class 1: Reciprocating engines

  Class 2: Turbopropeller and turboshaft engines

  Class 3: Turbojet and turbofan engines
• Propeller ratings:

  Class 1: Fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable propellers

  Class 2: Variable-pitch propellers
• Avionics rating:

  Class 1: Communication equipment

  Class 2: Navigational equipment

  Class 3: Pulsed equipment
• Computer systems ratings:

  Class 1: Aircraft computer systems

   Class 2: Powerplant computer systems

   Class 3: Avionics computer systems
• Instrument ratings:

  Class 1: Mechanical

  Class 2: Electrical

  Class 3: Gyroscopic

  Class 4: Electronic
• Accessory ratings:

  Class 1: Mechanical

  Class 2: Electrical

  Class 3: Electronic

  Class 4: Auxiliary power units
• Housing and facilities - shall be provided appropriate for all planned work ensuring, in particular, protection from weather
• Storage facilities - shall be provided for parts, equipment, tools and material
• Nominated Manager - shall represent the maintenance management structure of the AMO
• No person may assign, nor shall any person perform maintenance functions for aircraft, unless that person has had a minimum rest period of 8 HOURS prior to the beginning of duty
• No person may schedule a person performing maintenance functions for aircraft for more than 12 CONSECUTIVE HOURS of duty
• In situations involving unscheduled aircraft unserviceability, persons performing maintenance functions for aircraft may be continued on duty for

  -          Up to 16 consecutive hours

  -          20 hours in 24 consecutive hours
• Following unscheduled duty periods, the person performing maintenance functions for aircraft shall have a mandatory rest period of 10 hours
• The AMO shall relieve the person performing maintenance functions from all duties for 24 consecutive hours during any 7 consecutive day period
• Certificate Of Return To Service - shall be issued by appropriately authorized certifying staff when satisfied that all required maintenance of the aircraft or aeronautical product has been properly carried out by the AMO
• PART 6 – Approved Maintenance Organization