Description
Inspect aircraft, maintenance procedures, air navigational aids, air traffic controls, and communications equipment to ensure conformance with Federal safety regulations.
- • Inspect work of aircraft mechanics performing maintenance, modification, or repair and overhaul of aircraft and aircraft mechanical systems to ensure adherence to standards and procedures.
- • Start aircraft and observe gauges, meters, and other instruments to detect evidence of malfunctions.
- • Examine aircraft access plates and doors for security.
- • Examine landing gear, tires, and exteriors of fuselage, wings, and engines for evidence of damage or corrosion and the need for repairs.
- • Prepare and maintain detailed repair, inspection, investigation, and certification records and reports.
- • Inspect new, repaired, or modified aircraft to identify damage or defects and to assess airworthiness and conformance to standards, using checklists, hand tools, and test instruments.
- • Examine maintenance records and flight logs to determine if service and maintenance checks and overhauls were performed at prescribed intervals.
- • Recommend replacement, repair, or modification of aircraft equipment.
- • Recommend changes in rules, policies, standards, and regulations, based on knowledge of operating conditions, aircraft improvements, and other factors.
- • Investigate air accidents and complaints to determine causes.
- • Conduct flight test programs to test equipment, instruments, and systems under a variety of conditions, using both manual and automatic controls.
- • Approve or deny issuance of certificates of airworthiness.
- • Analyze training programs and conduct oral and written examinations to ensure the competency of persons operating, installing, and repairing aircraft equipment.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
