Stupid Q

[nookie201]

So if your annual is done on lets say Jan 08, is your annual due on Jan 08 or is there some flexibility
(aircraft flown less than 100hrs/yr)

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[niss]

I believe you have until the end of that month, but otherwise an annual is to be done every year.

That said, if you want to bump your a/c down to owner maintenance (not recommended) you can do what ever you want IIRC.

[hangarline]

Your annual inspection would be due on the last day of the month 12 months later. So for example, your 08 Jan annual date would be due on 31 Jan the next year.

(1) Pursuant to CAR 605.86, all aircraft, other than ultra-light or hang-gliders, shall be maintained in accordance with a maintenance schedule, approved by the Minister, that meets the requirements of this Aircraft Equipment and Maintenance Standard 625.

(2)

(a) As applicable to the type of aircraft, at intervals not to expire later than the last day of the 12th month, following the preceding inspection, Part I and Part II of the Maintenance Schedule detailed in Appendix B of these standards are approved by the Minister for use on other than large aircraft, turbine-powered pressurized aeroplanes, airships, any aeroplane or helicopter operated by a flight training unit under CAR 406, or any aircraft operated by air operators under CAR Part VII.
(amended 2007/12/30; previous version)

[nookie201]

Thanks !!.

[monkeywrench]

"Your annual inspection would be due on the last day of the month 12 months later. So for example, your 08 Jan annual date would be due on 31 Jan the next year." by hangar line.

I have another question to your post, when will the next annual due date be? this way arent you gaining 20 days or so without maintenance (per annual)? what about from 8th Jan to 31st Jan is the airplane still airworthy? (during this period I mean).

I always thought that there was a tolerance period and the check has to be completed within that period, or else the airplane is not airworthy. this goes to all the scheduled checks at least all the airplanes I have worked so far.(which is not very much).

[hangarline]

I have another question to your post, when will the next annual due date be? this way arent you gaining 20 days or so without maintenance (per annual)? what about from 8th Jan to 31st Jan is the airplane still airworthy? (during this period I mean).

This is a good question, because it does expose a glitch with the regulation. The way it reads now is that the grace period is to the last day of the 12th month. So yes in fact in this case you would be getting a 22 day period where the annual inspection is not due after the anniversary date of the previous inspection. (This only applies to the "625 appendix B items".) Some owners will use this time as an excuse to postpone their inspection as a false sense of saving money. The fact remains that your aircraft still requires an inspection "annually". Also the owner must be carefull of the due dates for any Airworthiness Directives that were certified on the annual. Some of those are on a calendar cycle with no tolerance permitted. I suspect that Transport Canada didn't word this one wisely and have created a regulation that may cause an owner to inadvertently fly an aircraft with an out of force "C of A".