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AW189
Airframe Maintenance
Type Training Course (cat. B1.3)

04 - Air Vehicle Airworthiness Limitations

System
Student Notes

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Air Vehicle Airworthiness Limitations System Lesson ........................................................................................1
1 Understand/Comprise the Airworthiness Limitations...............................................................................1
1.1 Airworthiness Limitations ................................................................................................................1
1.1.1 General .......................................................................................................................................1
1.1.2 Retirement Lives .........................................................................................................................2
1.1.3 Mandatory Inspection .................................................................................................................3
1.1.4 Certification Requirements .........................................................................................................4

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Air Vehicle Airworthiness Limitations System Lesson

1 Understand/Comprise the Airworthiness Limitations
1.1 Airworthiness Limitations
1.1.1 General

This chapter provides the airworthiness limitations applicable to the AW189.

The airworthiness limitations are approved by EASA and cannot be changed without approval
from that organisation.

The Airwortiness Limitations include the following modules:

Retirement Lives

Mandatory Inspections

Certification Maintenance Requirements

Engine Airworthiness Limitation

APU Airworthiness Limitations

Aiworthiness Limitations for Engines and APU are reported on the applicable Manufacturer
Maintenance manual.

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1.1.2 Retirement Lives

The retirement lives is data which refers to components that must be mandatorily retired from
service when the indicated retirement life is reached.

All retirement lives are expressed in Flying Hours (FH), unless otherwise specified. Flying hours
are defined as those hours accumulated from take-off to landing.

The retirement lives of some parts are expressed in landings because their life is dependent
upon the rotor start-stop cycles and the aircraft ground-air-ground cycles.

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1.1.3 Mandatory Inspection

The mandatory inspections refer to components that reached defined FH or Flight Cycles (FC),
unless otherwise specified.

The parts listed in this section must be mandatorily inspected when the indicated interval is
reached.

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1.1.4 Certification Requirements

The certifications maintenance requirements gives the data about the mandatory maintenance
checks that were identified during the certification process.

Maintenance Task listed in this section must be mandatorily accomplished within the indicated
interval.

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