The FAA has released for comment Draft Order 8110.103C. This is an update to the Alternative Methods of Compliance (“AMOC”) guidance. AMOC are typically used when an airworthiness directive (“AD”) provides one resolution to a safety problem, but the AMOC applicant has another approach that achieves the same level of safety. One example would be … Continue reading
Have you ever been frustrated to learn that an AD went out that references a service bulletin, and (too late!) you later learned that the service bulletin made disparaging remarks or provided inappropriate directions about your company or your parts? Today, the U.S. published a new rule addressing incorporation-by-reference – the new rule should make it easier for PMA companies to review service bulletins incorporated in airworthiness directives.
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In the wake of in-flight damage to a Southwest 737-300, the FAA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) against Boeing 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This is suspected to be the result of fatigue cracking, although further inquiry is necessary before a final conclusion can be reached. Fatigue may become a bigger factor in PMAs in the future. Continue reading
The FAA is publishing new guidance to explain to FAA Flight Standards Service employees how to process AMOC applications. The proposed change to this Order is open for comment. The change would create a new Chapter 59 in Volume 3 of 8900.1. Continue reading
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