Aircraft Maintenance

Date

List Grid

| May 5, 2025

'If My Tools Could Talk'

Whether you’ve recently obtained your A&P with inspection authorization (IA) privileges or are an airplane owner, A&P/IA Doug Keck has a message for you: There are safety implications to aircraft annual inspections that do not follow a rigorous process.

Go To Magazine Article

Pilot Magazine

| May 1, 2025

Tag! You're it!

The sky is blue, visibility unlimited, winds calm. It is a perfect day to bore some holes in the sky or chase down a $100 ($200?) hamburger.

Go To Magazine Article

Aircraft Maintenance

| February 4, 2025

Temps gone wild

“I just flew my Cessna 182 from Kansas City to St. Louis to drop off a passenger there,” Frank Annecchini told the operator who answered his call to the 24/7 breakdown assistance hotline operated by my company, Savvy Aviation.

Go To Magazine Article

Training Tips

| December 17, 2024

Supervised maintenance

Who is allowed to perform maintenance on a certificated aircraft?

Go To Magazine Article

Aircraft Maintenance

| November 4, 2024

Hartzell boosts preheat options with Reiff acquisition

Hartzell Propeller expanded its engine preheating offerings with its acquisition of Reiff Preheat Systems. Reiff joins Tanis Aircraft Products, another Hartzell preheater brand well-known among pilots, to give aircraft owners a broader range of engine-care choices.

Go To Article

Article

| August 13, 2024

Collaborating to fill maintenance gap

It may sound like a traditional family-business story: The aging parents who founded the company are ready to retire, but their children lack the interest or talent required to take the reins. But the widespread aging-out phenomenon and demographic shifts affecting the aviation industry are more complicated—perhaps enough to compete with an episode of Succession.

Go To Article

Article

| August 5, 2024

FAA orders immediate spar inspection of 499 Piper aircraft

A manufacturing defect that weakens the wing spar was uncovered when a Piper airplane was repaired following a ground collision with a car. The FAA issued an airworthiness directive to immediately inspect an estimated 499 aircraft.

Go To Article

Technique and Safety

| May 7, 2024

Aircraft Maintenance

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: We need to do better

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Opinion: Ready, fire, aim!

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Managing magnetos

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Strategic squawk reporting

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Understanding aviation greases

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Opinion: Data-driven diagnosis

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Managing oil temps for a healthy engine

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Training and Safety Tip: Post-maintenance flight

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Managing configuration changes

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Know your engine overhaul options

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: FAA puts disruptive determination on hold

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: New FAA interpretation could devastate GA

Sponsored Content Manage engine maintenance cost with P&WC ESP

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Myths and secrets of propeller balancing

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Why annual inspections?

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: uAvionix responds to ‘wet compass challenge'

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Detailing your airplane like a pro

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Super sleuth

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Good cylinders gone bad

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: AeroShell educates the experts

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Do you really need a compass?

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Savvy's borescope initiative

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce Aircraft Maintenance: Your aircraft has a secret past