Maintenance Programme for Light Aircraft (MPLA)

11 Feb 2010

The Irish Aviation Authority wishes to announce a new revision to the Maintenance Programme for Light Aircraft (Issue 1 Revision 1, MPLA / A (aircraft) & MPLA / H (helicopters)). This revision is effective from the 15th of February 2010.

The IAA would also like to issue the following reminders;

Owner / Operator

Owner / Operators shall ensure that their aircraft has an approved Maintenance programme that meets the requirements of Part M subpart C, M.A. 302 refers. Owners/Operators who are not in compliance with M.A. 302 or Aeronautical Notice A12 issue 11 are invalidating their Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC).

Sub-Part G Organisations

The Continuing Airworthiness Manager shall ensure that aircraft contracted to their Sub Part G organisation or where they issue the Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC) that an approved Maintenance Programme compliant with the requirements of Aeronautical Notice A 12 must be in place.

The revised MPLA is available for download - Maintenance Programme for Light Aircraft.

The Maintenance Programme for Light Aircraft, Issue 1 Revision 1, MPLA / A (aircraft) & MPLA / H (helicopters) includes the following amendments;

Document	- General reformatting of entire document to a more user friendly version
Section 7 Variations	- Introduction of guidelines for Variations to the Check Cycle
Section 8 Scheduled Tasks	- Inclusion of explanatory material
Section 9 CAR's	- Stand alone chapter for Continuous Airworthiness Requirements (CAR's)
Section 11 Review Checklist	- Introduction of Annual Review Checklist

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