Definitions, Goals and Objectives

1. Definitions, Goals and Objectives Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Chapter 3

2. THIS DAY IN AVIATION • February 11 • 1909 — An important pioneer in developing aviation in New Zealand, Vivian C. Walsh pilots a Howard-Wright biplane on what is generally considered the first flight in New Zealand by a powered airplane.

3. THIS DAY IN AVIATION • February 11 • 1913 — First Bill to establish a separate Aviation Corps failed to pass.

4. THIS DAY IN AVIATION • February 11 • 1914 — Distance record for balloons over land is set by H. Berliner, who flies 1,890 miles (3,040 km) from Bitterfeldt, Germany to Kirgischano, Russia.

5. THIS DAY IN AVIATION • February 11 • 1933 — American Airways, Inc., starts Air Mail Service between Buffalo, New York, and Detroit, Michigan.

6. THIS DAY IN AVIATION • February 11 • 1959 — A United States meteorological balloon achieves a record height of 146,000 ft. carrying a special package of detectors sending information by radio signal to the ground.

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10. Definitions, Goals, and Objectives • Introduction • Definition of Maintenance • Inherent Reliability • Verification and Validation • Operational and Functional • Goals of a Maintenance Program • Maintenance Program Objectives • Summary

11. Introduction • Address basic terms and goals and objectives of maintenance • What is Maintenance? • Quantifiable measurement terms • Basic objectives

12. FAA definition: “Maintenance is defined as the inspection, overhaul, repair, preservation, and replacement of parts.” More of what people do vice what is to be accomplished Heesburg’s definition: “Maintenance is the action necessary to sustain or restore the integrity and performance of the airplane.”…”includes inspection, overhaul, repair, preservation, and replacement efforts.” Author’s definition: “Maintenance is the process of ensuring that a system continually performs its intended function at its designed-in level of reliability and safety.” Definition of Maintenance

13. Inherent Reliability • “Inherent reliability of an item is not the length of time it will survive with no failures; rather it is the level of reliability the item will exhibit when it is protected by preventive maintenance and adequate servicing and lubrication.” • The degree of reliability achieved depends upon design characteristics of the equipment and the process used in determining the maintenance requirements. • The inherent reliability of a system or component is both a function of the design and a function of the maintenance program established for it.

14. Verification and Validation • Verification means that a test or procedure has been written and that, when read and understood by a knowledgeable person, is deemed to be correct, adequate, and acceptable for the purpose for which it is intended. • Validation means that the written test or procedure has been performed by an appropriately trained maintenance person, and the procedure, as written, is understandable, adequate, and most importantly, proven to accomplish the intended purpose.

15. Operational and Functional • Operational check • Means to operate the equipment, system, or component as usual (all modes and functions) and determine whether or not it is useable for its intended purpose –“ task to determine if an item is fulfilling its intended purpose.” • Functional check • Means that theequipment, system, or component has been checked out using the necessary equipment and tools to measure certain parameters for accuracy – “a quantitative check to determine if each function of an item performs within specified limits.”

16. Goals of a Maintenance Program • To deliver airworthy vehicles to the flight department in time to meet the flight schedule. • To deliver these vehicles with all the necessary maintenance actions completed or properly deferred.

17. Maintenance Program Objectives • To ensure the realization of the inherent safety and reliability levels of equipment. • To restore safety and reliability to their inherent levels when deterioration has occurred. • To obtain the information necessary for adjustment and optimization of the maintenance program when these inherent levels are not met. • To obtain the information necessary for design improvement of those items whose inherent reliability proves inadequate. • To accomplish these objectives at a minimum total cost, including the costs of maintenance and the cost of residual failures.

18. Maintenance Program Content • A maintenance program consists of scheduled maintenance tasks to keep equipment and systems in top operating condition. • Unscheduled maintenance tasks to address in-service failures • A continuing analysis and surveillance activity to optimize the total maintenance effort by improving the maintenance program • Or by requesting a redesign of equipment • An effort to minimize maintenance costs

19. Summary • Introduction • Definition of Maintenance • Inherent Reliability • Verification and Validation • Operational and Functional • Goals of a Maintenance Program • Maintenance Program Objectives • Summary

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