FYI sanity from the FAA

[N201MKTurbo]

It seems like a good thing.

HQ-16-14R1.pdf

[David Lloyd]

Huh?

[N201MKTurbo]

Just now, David Lloyd said:

Huh?

Did you read the attachment? or is it broke?

[Hank]

Is this really a change? Are they "approving" what we have all been doing? 

Or did I miss something buried down in the following paragraphs?

[Guest]

If I’m reading it correctly, only manuals issued at the time of manufacture are required.  We don’t need current manuals anymore, they are optional just like S/B’s etc.

I think I’ll have my doctor throw out his current books in favour of 50-60 year old ones from when I was born.

Clarence

Edited September 14, 2018 by M20Doc

[kortopates]

What it really means is the recently added ICA's added at the request of the FAA on maintenance manuals Do Not retroactively apply to airframes manufactured prior to publishing the ICA. They are optional for part 91 just like all SB and Sal's.

You can thank Mike Busch and Paul New of Savvy Aviation for this change since they challenged the FAA on this change and the FAA agreed. It was inconsistent with previous rulings by their legal counsel folks whom have always maintained that maintenance manuals produced at the time of manufacture are the only ones legally binding to prevent airframe manufacturers from retroactively making burdensome changes.

Thus we are back too the state that the only legal way to make retroactive changes for required maintenance practices and procedures is though the AD process approved by the FAA.

Of course that said, every owner should review every ICA instruction, just like every SB and SL, and decide for themselves if they want to comply. Most of us will want to comply with most of them, just as most of us will want to follow the most recent maintenance manual.


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[M016576]

4 minutes ago, kortopates said:

Of course that said, every owner should review every ICA instruction, just like every SB and SL, and decide for themselves if they want to comply. Most of us will want to comply with most of them, just as most of us will want to follow the most recent maintenance manual.
 

Yes.. this.

 

now- if only all people would accept responsibility for their own actions and decisions... hold a sense of personal accountability... then we could have the *freedom* to execute sound judgment in even more areas.

 

sadly- this isn’t the case... and the legal system brings down some serious punishment on all participants.. even if the “guilty” are limited to a very small segment.  

 

This new ruling from the FAA is a step in the right direction though, I think.

[ragedracer1977]

This means I can tie down the tail when jacking up the plane again, right? 

[Hank]

7 hours ago, ragedracer1977 said:

This means I can tie down the tail when jacking up the plane again, right? 

"Again"? Did you ever stop doing it?