TOPIC 4

DOCUMENTATION FOR MAINTENANCE

 INTRODUCTION
⮚ The documentation for maintenance is required by the
FAA.
⮚ Advisory Circular AC 120-16E, Air Carrier
Maintenance Programs refers to the air carrier’s:
▪ Maintenance Manual System
▪ Maintenance Record / Documentation Keeping System
 AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
⮚ Defined as “Cradle to the Grave” means when the aircraft is
built, the documentation starts, and throughout its service life
the documentation is gathered in the form of:
1. Maintenance performed Log Pages
2. Engineering Orders (EO’s)
3. Airworthiness Directives (AD’s)
4. Service Bulletins (SB’s)
5. Fleet Campaign Directives (FCD’s)
6. Records of any major and minor repairs
7. Phase checks
8. Sold
9. Decommissioned
10. Retired
 CONTROLLED DOCUMENTS
⮚ Are used in operation and / or maintenance of the aircraft in
accordance with the FAA regulations.
⮚ These types of documents have limited distribution within the
airline and require regular revision with a list of revisions and
active and rescinded page numbers.
⮚ The operator is required to use only up-to-date documents.
⮚ The written information is provided by the airframe
manufacturer and the manufacturer of the systems and
equipment installed in the aircraft.
⮚ The documents provided by the regulatory authority and the
documentation of the airline itself detail the individual
maintenance processes.
 CONTROLLED DOCUMENTS
⮚ The types of controlled documents are:
A. Manufacturer’s Documentation
B. Regulatory Documentation
C. Airline Generated Documentation
D. ATA Document Standard
 MANUFACTURER’S DOCUMENTATION
⮚ Indicates the documents provided to an operator by
the airframe manufacturer for the maintenance of the
aircraft.
⮚ The form and content of the documents sometimes
varies from one manufacturer to another.
⮚ Some documents can be customized for the airline or
operator to only include configuration and equipment.
MANUFACTURER’S DOCUMENTATION
TITLE ABBREVIATION
AIRCRAFT/AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE
AMM
MANUAL*
COMPONENT LOCATION MANUAL CLM
COMPONENT MAINTENANCE MANUAL CMM
VENDORS MANUAL VM
FAULT ISOLATION MANUAL* FIM
ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG∆ IPC
STORAGE AND RECOVERY DOCUMENT∆∆ SRD
STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL SRM
MAINTENANCE PLANNING DOCUMENT
MPD
DATA
SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM MANUAL* SDM
WIRING DIAGRAM MANUAL * WDM
MASTER MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST MMEL
DISPATCH DEVIATION GUIDE DDG
CONFIGURATION DEVIATION LIST CDL
TASK CARDS* TC
SERVICE BULLETIN SB
SERVICE LETTER SL
* Customized to contain customer configuration ∆ Customize on request
∆∆
Information may be included in AMM for recent model aircraft