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Thu, Jan 06, 2005

What It Takes To Become A Light Sport Repairman

Classes And Length

By ANN Correspondent John Ballantyne

These courses relate to maintenance of light sport aircraft as detailed below:

Inspection Ratings

After completing a 16-hour training course acceptable to the FAA on inspecting the particular class of experimental light-sport aircraft, a light sport repairman with an inspection rating may perform the annual condition inspection on a light-sport aircraft that he/she owns; that has been issued an experimental certificate for operating a light-sport aircraft; and is in the same class of light-sport-aircraft for which he/she has completed the light sport aircraft training specified by FAA.

Maintenance Rating

A Light Sport Repairman with a maintenance rating must complete a training course acceptable to the FAA on maintaining the particular class of light-sport aircraft for which he/she intends to exercise the privileges of this rating. The training course must, at a minimum, provide the following number of hours of instruction:

  • For airplane class privileges--120-hours
  • For weight-shift control aircraft class privileges-104 hours
  • For powered parachute class privileges-104 hours
  • For lighter than air class privileges-80 hours
  • For glider class privileges-80 hours

Individuals who hold a maintenance rating may approve and return to service an aircraft that has been issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport after performing or inspecting maintenance (to include the annual condition inspection and the 100-hour inspection), preventive maintenance, or an alteration (excluding a major repair or a major alteration on a product produced under an FAA approval); Perform the annual condition inspection on a light-sport aircraft that has been issued an experimental certificate for operating a light-sport; and only perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and an alteration on a light-sport aircraft that is in the same class of light-sport aircraft for which the holder has completed the training specified by FAA. Before performing a major repair, the holder must complete additional training acceptable to the FAA and appropriate to the repair performed.

FMI: www.faa.gov/avr/afs/sportpilot/index.cfm

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