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MARPA's primary focus is on representing the needs of the PMA parts community in the United States. These companies manufacture after market aircraft parts under strict FAA guidelines. [2] In order to obtain a PMA from the FAA, the manufacturer must demonstrate that it has a design for an aircraft part that meets FAA safety requirements, and
Today, FAA Advisory Circular 43.18 provides guidance for the fabrication of parts to be consumed purely during a maintenance operation, [25] and additional guidance is expected to be released in the near future. One of the key features of FAC 43.18 is that it recommends implementation of a quality assurance system quite similar to the ...
The FAA permits the aircraft owner or operator to produce replacement parts from scratch (using the original as a template and using the same dimensions and materials), and document it in the logbooks as an "owner-produced part" in accordance with FAR §21.9(a)(5). [7]
Aircraft recycling is the process of scrapping and disassembling retired aircraft, and re-purposing their parts as spare parts or scrap. Airplanes are made of around 800 to 1000 parts that can be recycled, with the majority of them made from metal alloys and composite materials.
Federal regulators are investigating how parts made with titanium that was sold with falsified quality documentation wound up in Boeing and Airbus passenger jets that were built in recent years.
The Federal Aviation Administration has equipment that's 50 years old, according to a 2024 GAO report. Meanwhile, most air traffic control towers in the US are understaffed. ... But spare parts ...
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Unapproved aircraft parts are aircraft parts not approved by civil aviation authorities for installation on type certified aircraft. [1]For example, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) defines a "standard part" as a part produced in accordance with government regulations, and it defines an "approved part" as a "standard part" that is in accordance with a specific set of criteria and ...