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2026-2027 College Catalog

AVM 219 - Airframe Inspections

4 Contact Hours, 2 Credits
1 lecture periods 3 lab periods


Conformity inspections of airframes. Includes inspections of incoming spare parts and stock items, airframe and equipment conformity inspections, airframe and systems airworthiness and conformity inspections, conformity inspections of installed equipment, annual and 100-hour inspections of small aircraft, including research of all pertinent inspection documents, service or maintenance manuals, type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, service bulletins and additional instructions for continued airworthiness, inspection procedures for large aircraft work orders, non-routine job cards used by local aviation maintenance companies and electric instruments, and autoflight systems.

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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Recall proficient knowledge of aircraft inspection requirements
  2. Recall proficient knowledge of aircraft documents
  3. Demonstrate common processes/procedures associated with maintenance inspection processes
Outline:
  1. Aircraft Structures
  2. Major Structural Stresses
  3. Fixed-Wing Aircraft
    1. Fuselage
    2. Pressurization
  4. Wings
    1. Wing Configurations
    2. Wing Structure
    3. Wing Spars
    4. Wing Ribs
    5. Wing Skin
    6. Nacelles
  5. Empennage
  6. Flight Control Surfaces
    1. Primary Flight Control Surfaces
    2. Dual Purpose Flight Control Surfaces
    3. Secondary or Auxiliary Control Surfaces
    4. Other Wing Features
  7. Landing Gear
    1. Tail Wheel Gear Configuration
    2. Tricycle Gear Configuration
  8. Maintaining the Aircraft
    1. Location Numbering Systems
    2. Access and Inspection Panels
  9. Helicopter Structures
    1. Airframe
    2. Fuselage
    3. Landing Gear or Skids
    4. Powerplant and Transmission
    5. Main Rotor System
    6. Fully Articulated Rotor System
    7. Antitorque System
    8. Controls
  10. Aircraft Inspection
    1. Purpose of Inspection Programs
    2. Perform an Airframe Conformity and Airworthiness Inspection
    3. Required Inspections
    4. Annual and 100-Hour Inspections
    5. Other Aircraft Inspection and Maintenance Programs
  11. Inspection Requirements Under 14 CFR Part 91
  12. Maintenance Recordkeeping Requirements Under 14 CFR Part 43
  13. Identification of Life-Limited Parts and their Replacement Interval
  14. Corrosion Types and Identification
  15. Instrumentation
  16. Classifying Instruments
    1. Flight Instruments
    2. Engine Instruments
    3. Navigation Instruments
  17. Pressure Measuring Instruments
    1. Types of Pressure
    2. Pressure Instruments
    3. Pitot-Static Systems
  18. Remote Sensing and Indication
    1. Synchro-Type Remote-Indicating Instruments
  19. Inertial Navigation System (INS)/Inertial Reference System (IRS)
  20. Mechanical Movement Indicators
    1. Tachometers
    2. Synchroscope
    3. Accelerometers
    4. Stall Warning and Angle of Attack (AOA) Indicators
  21. Temperature Measuring Instruments
    1. Non-Electric Temperature Indicators
    2. Electrical Temperature Measuring Indication
    3. Thermocouple Temperature Indicators
    4. Total Air Temperature Measurement
  22. Direction Indicating Instruments
    1. Magnetic Compass
    2. Vertical Magnetic Compass
    3. Remote Indicating Compass
    4. Remote Indicating Slaved Gyro Compass (FluxGate Compass)
    5. Solid State Magnetometers
  23. Sources of Power for Gyroscopic Instruments
    1. Vacuum Systems
    2. Pressure-Driven Gyroscopic Instrument Systems
    3. Electrically Driven Gyroscopic Instrument Systems
  24. Principles of Gyroscopic Instruments
    1. Mechanical Gyros
    2. Solid State Gyros and Related Systems
  25. Common Gyroscopic Instruments
    1. Vacuum-Driven Attitude Gyros
    2. Electric Attitude Indicators
    3. Gyroscopic Direction Indicator or Directional Gyro (DG)
    4. Turn Coordinators
    5. Turn-and-Slip Indicator
  26. Autopilot Systems
    1. Basis for Autopilot Operation
  27. Autopilot Components
    1. Sensing Elements
    2. Computer and Amplifier
    3. Output Elements
    4. Command Elements
    5. Feedback or Follow-up Element
    6. Autopilot Functions
    7. Yaw Dampening
  28. Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS)
  29. Flight Director Systems
  30. Electronic Instruments
    1. Electronic Attitude Director Indicator (EADI)
    2. Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicators (EHSI)
  31. Electronic Flight Information Systems
    1. Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS)
    2. Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS)
  32. Flight Management System (FMS)
  33. Warnings and Cautions
    1. Annunciator Systems
    2. Aural Warning Systems
  34. Clocks
  35. Instrument Housings and Handling
  36. Instrument Installations and Markings
    1. Instrument Mounting
    2. Instrument Power Requirements
    3. Instrument Installations and Markings
  37. Maintenance of Instruments and Instrument Systems
    1. Altimeter Tests
    2. Pitot-Static System Maintenance and Tests
    3. Tachometer Maintenance
    4. Magnetic Compass Maintenance and Compensation
    5. Vacuum System Maintenance
    6. Autopilot System Maintenance
    7. LCD Display Screens