Guys, part 43 does not apply to experimental aircraft... Period.... See 43.1(b)(1). Therefore you do not have to comply with appendix D.... This does not mean that you can't use it as a guide if you want. But you are not required to abide by it.
Also if you read in Part 91.409 (c) in reference to inspections. It says nothing about a conditional inspection. It just states that an annual or 100 hr is not required if an aircraft carries an experimental cert.
While I mostly deal in the certified world, I have actually never read the ops limitations for experimentals. I can not find a reg anywhere in the FARS where it talks about conditional inspections. Could someone point me towards a reg or is the conditional inspection something called out in your aircrafts operating limitations?
In respect to doing annuals and 100hrs... I think it is common practice to perform one from start to finish in a shop and not allow them to be spread out over a month or so. I thought there was somewhere in the regs I had read something about this but I have gone cross eyed trying to find it.
As long as the inspection hasn't expired I wouldn't see an issue on experimental or certified aircraft doing an inspection over time and flying in between. We do this with jets all the time. Working on corporate aircraft I have started an inspection and then put the airplane back together so it could fly only to continue the inspection later. The big issue was to make sure there was still time left on the inspection and it didn't fly through the calander date or Hobbs time.
Most certified owners perform everything all at once because the aircraft usually comes in towards the end of the month of their experiation of annual. Usually I try to have the inspection done and sign it off at the first of the month, that way the owner technically can fly for 13 months on an inspection due to having the plane back on the first and then able to fly through to the end of the month the following year.
Also if you read in Part 91.409 (c) in reference to inspections. It says nothing about a conditional inspection. It just states that an annual or 100 hr is not required if an aircraft carries an experimental cert.
While I mostly deal in the certified world, I have actually never read the ops limitations for experimentals. I can not find a reg anywhere in the FARS where it talks about conditional inspections. Could someone point me towards a reg or is the conditional inspection something called out in your aircrafts operating limitations?
In respect to doing annuals and 100hrs... I think it is common practice to perform one from start to finish in a shop and not allow them to be spread out over a month or so. I thought there was somewhere in the regs I had read something about this but I have gone cross eyed trying to find it.
As long as the inspection hasn't expired I wouldn't see an issue on experimental or certified aircraft doing an inspection over time and flying in between. We do this with jets all the time. Working on corporate aircraft I have started an inspection and then put the airplane back together so it could fly only to continue the inspection later. The big issue was to make sure there was still time left on the inspection and it didn't fly through the calander date or Hobbs time.
Most certified owners perform everything all at once because the aircraft usually comes in towards the end of the month of their experiation of annual. Usually I try to have the inspection done and sign it off at the first of the month, that way the owner technically can fly for 13 months on an inspection due to having the plane back on the first and then able to fly through to the end of the month the following year.