Airplane Logbooks

Hey guys welcome back to the Aviator Zone wether you’re a professional pilot or just flying for fun on the weekends it is very important that you always check the logbooks of the aircraft to make sure that everything has been done and there are no open discrepancies before you go flying.

Airlines have specific schedules and they’ll train what you need to look for before putting you out there on the line, so I won’t be going into the specifics about those but I would like to add that even as an airline pilot before each flight I check the logbooks and that’s even part of our checklist.

Now today we’re gonna be talking about private aircraft and small commercial operators. A weekend flyer who doesn’t use the aircraft for commercial operations is required the following inspection:

• Annual Inspections FAR 91.409

• Compliance of Airworthiness Directives FAR 39.11

• Instruments check every 24 calendar months FAR 91.411 & 91.413

• An ELT inspection every 12 calendar months FAR 91.207

• VOR every 30 days for IFR operations  FAR 91.171

• And any other additional preventive maintenance that’s required.

In addition to those inspections any aircraft that is gonna be flown for commercial operations it’s also required to do a 100 hours inspections.

It is important to know that every part of the airplane has a logbook for example the engines and propellers have a logbook as well as the airframe so when checking for annual inspection make sure to look at all the books, let’s stay safe and out of trouble by checking the logbooks every flight, specially if you’re gonna be renting an aircraft.

See you guys next week!