Type Certificate Data Sheets- Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) are a part of the Type Certification Process and contain information relevant to the certification of particular aircraft. TCDS contain information that is useful, not only at the time the aircraft undergoes certification, but as an ongoing resource for the life of an aircraft. Any time a Certificate of [...]
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, FAA Terms | Tagged Aircraft, Airworthiness, FAA, Regulatory
Essential Maintenance encompasses any on-wing accomplishment of any maintenance or alteration that the certificate holder has designated as a RII. Essential Maintenance is maintenance that would result in a failure effect that would endanger the continued safe flight and landing of the airplane if it was performed improperly or if improper parts or materials were [...]
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged Airlines, FAA, Maintenance, Regulatory, Repair Stations
To determine the allowable landing weight for a transport category airplane, the following details must be considered:
• Airfield pressure altitude • Temperature • Headwind component • Runway length • Runway gradient or slope • Runway surface condition
With these details, it [...]
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Posted in Airline Terms | Tagged Airports, Landing, Regulatory
United States air carrier means a citizen of the United States who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
VFR over-the-top, with respect to the operation of aircraft, means the operation of an aircraft over-the-top under VFR when it is not being operated on an IFR flight plan.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
A warning area is airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 nautical miles outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. The purpose of such warning areas is to warn nonparticipating pilots of the potential danger. A warning area may be located over domestic or [...]
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
Weight-shift-control aircraft means a powered aircraft with a framed pivoting wing and a fuselage controllable only in pitch and roll by the pilot’s ability to change the aircraft’s center of gravity with respect to the wing. Flight control of the aircraft depends on the wing’s ability to flexibly deform rather than the use of control [...]
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
Traffic pattern means the traffic flow that is prescribed for aircraft landing at, taxiing on, or taking off from, an airport.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
True airspeed means the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air. True airspeed is equal to equivalent airspeed multiplied by ( 0/ )1/2.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
United States, in a geographical sense, means (1) the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the possessions, including the territorial waters, and (2) the airspace of those areas.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged 14 CFR 1.1, FAA, Regulatory
