Chapter 17Quality Control

QUIZBy: Cody Slupski

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• 1908 — The first passenger flies in an airplane.

• Wilbur Wright takes Charles W. Furnas of Dayton, Ohio on a 28-3/5 seconds flight that covers 600 meters at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

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• 1909 — Samuel Cody makes the first powered airplane flight of more than one mile in Britain.

• He flies the British Army Aeroplane No.1 from Laffans Planin to Danger Hill in Hampshire at average height of 30 feet.

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• 1915 — The United States Navy contracts with the Connecticut Aircraft Company for its first airship.

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• 1922 — 136th Squadron (Observation) Tennessee National Guard holds his first flying meet on Blackwood Field, Nashville, Tennessee.

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• 1922 — Aeromarine Airways opens in New York Division flying operations.

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• 1922 — Aeromarine flying boat “Mendoza” carries 27 passengers from Keyport, New Jersey to New York and return.

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• 1931 — Transcontinental autogiro flight by John M. Miller, from Philadelphia to San Diego area.

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• 1922 — 136th Squadron (Observation) Tennessee National Guard holds his first flying meet on Blackwood Field, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Chapter 17Quality Control

By: Cody Slupski

• The inspection function of an airline M&E organization is part of the basic maintenance program.

• It consists of inspections performed by the mechanics during routine maintenance work: general visual inspections, detailed inspections, as well as checking and rechecking of one’s own work.

• To carry out all of these inspection requirements, it is necessary to establish a quality control function within the M&E organization.

Introduction/Quality Control Organization

• The basic qualification for all inspectors is to have a valid mechanics license and 2 years of work experience under that license without any violations.

• They must have completed all company-required training and aircraft fleet training and have knowledge of airlines regulations, policies, and procedures

• They must know the company’s RII program• They should have completed the QC inspectors course and

successfully passed the QC exam conducted by the airlines QC organization.

• The airline should establish the basic inspection policies for all dedicated and delegated inspectors to abide by.

QC Inspector Qualifications/Basic Inspections Policies

• All authorized QC inspectors are issued an inspectors stamp, the stamps are numbered and controlled.

• After reviewing and accepting the work of a mechanic, the inspector will approve it by stamping and initialing the work card.

• Whenever work spans more than one shift, the airline is required to have procedures in place to ensure that complete information and status of the work progress is passed on.

Inspection Stamp/Continuity of Inspection

• Each work package has a list of tasks that must be completed for the check to be complete.

• Most tasks require only the mechanics sign-off to indicate completion.

• The QC organization also has responsibility for special nondestructive test and inspection techniques, the calibration of certain tools and test equipment used in maintenance.

Completion of Work/Other QC Activities

• A mechanical reliability report is submitted whenever any malfunction or defect shown in Table 17-2 occurs.

• The MCC notifies QC whenever an incident occurs, and QC prepares a report to the FAA.

• Any item which is performed improperly or improper parts are used, could endanger the safe operation of the aircraft is known as a Required Inspection Item.

Special Reports/RII

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