PLT425: Maintenance Records and Entries
What code PLT425 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Maintenance Records and Entries before your checkride.
Recall regulations - maintenance reports / records / entries
What this means for your checkride
Each person who maintains, performs preventive maintenance, rebuilds, or alters an aircraft or component must make a maintenance record entry that includes a description of the work performed, the date of completion, and the signature, certificate number, and kind of certificate held by the person approving the work. For inspections conducted under Part 91, the entry must include the type of inspection, the date and aircraft total time in service, and a signed airworthiness certification statement.
Correct maintenance records are the legal proof that work and inspections were done and that the aircraft was approved for return to service.
A signature alone is not a complete record; the entry must also describe the work and the date, and it approves for return to service only the work performed.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.