Abstract: My ten-year old engine, with 750hrs, has recently been deemed by Rotax to have a TBO of 15 years or 2000hrs. What does this mean for an aircraft used exclusively for private transportation?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Thread : New TBO for 912, mandatory overhaul?
Started at 18th-December-2009 12:04 AM by bruceschimmel
Visit at http://forum.xopa.org/showthread.php?t=58
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date : 18th-December-2009 12:04 AM
Thread Title : New TBO for 912, mandatory overhaul?
What does this mean for an aircraft used exclusively for private transportation?
Do the exact same rules apply to Rotax?
NO overhaul unless used as air taxi, etc?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date : 24th-December-2009 08:17 PM
I found the following notes online: link (http://www.aviationlawmonitor.com/2009/12/articles/claims-and-defenses/running-past-tbo-smart-economics-or-owner-negligence/)
A key quote from this article:
The FAA (http://www.faa.gov/) does not require private owners to comply with the manufacturer’s stated TBO interval. The manufacturer's TBO is therefore advisory only. As long as a properly certified mechanic has within the previous twelve months certified that the engine is airworthy, then the owner is, from a regulatory standpoint, free to operate the engine as many hours as he wishes.
But if an owner does operate past TBO, and the engine fails, and a passenger is hurt as a result, could the owner be held accountable despite the fact he was in compliance with all FAA regulations?
An owner can be held accountable for an accident after TBO if a judge or jury decides that:
1. in not complying with the manufacturer's overhaul recommendations, the owner was negligent (http://www.aviationlawmonitor.com/2009/07/articles/claims-and-defenses/proving-negligence-in-an-aviation-lawsuit/) (not "reasonably careful" under the circumstances) and
2. the negligence was a cause of the accident.
The article in the link above goes on to state:
Some proponents of running an aircraft engine beyond TBO downplay the risks. They argue that the manufacturer's TBO is a "made up" number, and few engine failures have actually been attributed to the owner's decision to run past it. One prominent aviation maintenance expert (http://www.twincessna.org/tbo.pdf)even suggests that there have been no cases where running past TBO resulted in an owner being held responsible for a passenger's resulting injuries.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Downloaded from XOPA Forums (http://forum.xopa.org) at 16th-February-2012 08:33 PM.
Recommended Comments
There are no comments to display.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.