Educational Courses

Overview

Maintenance entries when done properly, describe work accomplished on the aircraft, convey critical information about the aircraft’s airworthiness, offer protection for the individual or company accomplishing the work, and allow for the legal (FAA Sanctioned) Return to Service of the aircraft if found to be Airworthy.

Title 14 CFR Parts 43.9 and 43.11 both have a specific purpose in accomplishing this work. Both sections require their own unique language for signing-off the work in accordance with the applicable event. And both specify who is authorized to undertake the work, what constitutes a proper sign-off, and the type and content of the maintenance entry to be entered into the aircraft’s permanent maintenance record.

Consequently, it is essential to know how to create a correct and accurate Title 14 CFR Part 43.9 or 43.11 Entry and Return to Service document as well. Your living and the life it affords may depend on it.

Objective

The objective of this course is to better understand Title 14 CFR Parts 43.9 and 43.11, and what is required to legally Return and aircraft to Service ….. and to distinguish the difference between them.

The course goes into an in-depth study on what is to be included in a complete and accurate 14 CFR 43.9 or 14 CFR 43.11 maintenance entry, who is authorized to accomplish work delineated, and the information that must be included in the entry, along with a proper Return to Service approval.

Applicability

This course will benefit A&P Technicians and Students, IA’s, Repair Station Technicians and Inspectors, Repairmen, and anyone needing a better understanding of aircraft logbook entries and Return to Service approvals, or are contemplating creating an aircraft logbook entry in the future.

Course Instructor

Larry D. Hinebaugh Author

Larry has over 40 years of aircraft maintenance and maintenance management experience having obtained his A&P License in 1976; coupled with a BS degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering in 1981. Larry has founded, and currently operates both Vision Aircraft Records, a for-profit company dedicated to making Electronic Recordkeeping a reality in our industry; and The Foundation for Business Aircraft Records Excellence, a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower Aircraft Maintenance Professionals to improve Business Aircraft Records and Recordkeeping Practices. Prior to starting Business Aircraft Records, Larry managed Aviation Consulting Group, an international maintenance consulting company specializing in Aircraft Completion Management, Maintenance Operations, and Aircraft Technical Appraisals.