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As we all know the aviation world is built and run on trust. The FAA has placed a lot of trust in the A&P/IA’s of the world by changing FAR 65 Section 65.93. This section covers the renewal requirements for Inspection Authorization holders to every other year starting with 2007 as the first odd year to sign their IA cards.
A&P/IA are still required to meet the requirements of Section 65.93 every year by performing at least 4-annual inspections, or 8- Major Repairs /Major Alterations or 1-Progressive, or 8-hours of instruction FAA seminar or take a FAA Oral exam.
In the past the FAA Inspector would sign their name on the IA card and date it so if a pilot want to know if their IA was current they could ask to review the A&P/IA card. This has changed the cards are only signed off every two years now. So how do you know if your IA still meets the requirement for the first year and is still authorized to sign off your annual inspection, major repair, major alteration, or progressive inspection?
An inspection activity report is not mandatory or regulatory. It is a means with which you’re A&P/IA may easily “present evidence” of their IA “activity”. It is as much a convenience for you as for your A&P/IA. Without this information you will not be able to properly determine you’re A&P/IA meets the eligibility during even years. Many A&P/IAs will attend a FAA seminar and receive a certificate indicating they received the required 8-hours of training for that year. This certificates means you’re A&P/IA is current and meet the intent of the rule.
The owners who don’t know what has happened or don’t comprehend the consequences will do “business as usual” and run the risk of dealing with an IA for their aircraft annual who is inadvertently, as a result of not meeting all of the requirements at the end of year one, not legal on the day he signs the aircraft logbooks. If the IA is not current the logbook entry for the annual is invalid; the annual is not complete and the aircraft is not legal to return to service.
So after March 31, 2008 I would highly recommend you ask you’re A&P/IA to provide proof they have meet the renewal requirement of Section 65.93 before they sign off your next annual inspection. This can either be a activity report of a certificate attending an FAA seminar or even a letter from the FAA FSDO for passing a oral exam.
A&P/IA are still required to meet the requirements of Section 65.93 every year by performing at least 4-annual inspections, or 8- Major Repairs /Major Alterations or 1-Progressive, or 8-hours of instruction FAA seminar or take a FAA Oral exam.
In the past the FAA Inspector would sign their name on the IA card and date it so if a pilot want to know if their IA was current they could ask to review the A&P/IA card. This has changed the cards are only signed off every two years now. So how do you know if your IA still meets the requirement for the first year and is still authorized to sign off your annual inspection, major repair, major alteration, or progressive inspection?
An inspection activity report is not mandatory or regulatory. It is a means with which you’re A&P/IA may easily “present evidence” of their IA “activity”. It is as much a convenience for you as for your A&P/IA. Without this information you will not be able to properly determine you’re A&P/IA meets the eligibility during even years. Many A&P/IAs will attend a FAA seminar and receive a certificate indicating they received the required 8-hours of training for that year. This certificates means you’re A&P/IA is current and meet the intent of the rule.
The owners who don’t know what has happened or don’t comprehend the consequences will do “business as usual” and run the risk of dealing with an IA for their aircraft annual who is inadvertently, as a result of not meeting all of the requirements at the end of year one, not legal on the day he signs the aircraft logbooks. If the IA is not current the logbook entry for the annual is invalid; the annual is not complete and the aircraft is not legal to return to service.
So after March 31, 2008 I would highly recommend you ask you’re A&P/IA to provide proof they have meet the renewal requirement of Section 65.93 before they sign off your next annual inspection. This can either be a activity report of a certificate attending an FAA seminar or even a letter from the FAA FSDO for passing a oral exam.
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