Here is the situation:
I have been engaged to fly (part 91) a 30 something year old piston twin engine airplane (car 3, far 23). When it was new, it's max gross was less than 6,000 lbs. For paperwork, in terms of operating limitations, I have placards and the manufacturer's published POH. Additionally, I have a hodge podge mess of 30 years worth of paper that I took to be a flight manual. In this book are out dated equipment lists, 60+ copies of forms 337 (no I don't have a fuel tank in the cabin), a few STC's, a few AFM supplements for additional equipment, and a rapidly decaying set of "supplemental" performance data. Looking at this pile of crap was stressing me out, so I set about to put it in some order. Noticing that I was lacking a large amount of info that an AFM should have, I thought I would look up the required items and at least inventory what I had, and go from there. During the process, I came to the possible conclusion that I don't require an AFM.
Does anybody think that I am mistaken in my conclusion, and if so why?
I think that to comply with having my operating limitations and w&b onboard, I can carry the following and be "legal."
MANUFACTURER'S POH
AFM SUPPLEMENTS FOR INSTALLED EQUIPMENT/ MODIFICATIONS
CURRENT W&B
CURRENT EQUIPMENT LIST
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFORMANCE DATA
Will this suffice?
A secondary question is this: I am filing my STC copies with my aircraft mtc logbooks (not kept in aircraft), and comparing my 337 copies with originals in my mtc records.
Other than for part 91.417(d), n/a, I find no reason to keep the 337's in the aircraft (or the stc paperwork for that matter).
Any guidace greatly appreciated. Just trying to do things right.
Thanks,
105viking
I have been engaged to fly (part 91) a 30 something year old piston twin engine airplane (car 3, far 23). When it was new, it's max gross was less than 6,000 lbs. For paperwork, in terms of operating limitations, I have placards and the manufacturer's published POH. Additionally, I have a hodge podge mess of 30 years worth of paper that I took to be a flight manual. In this book are out dated equipment lists, 60+ copies of forms 337 (no I don't have a fuel tank in the cabin), a few STC's, a few AFM supplements for additional equipment, and a rapidly decaying set of "supplemental" performance data. Looking at this pile of crap was stressing me out, so I set about to put it in some order. Noticing that I was lacking a large amount of info that an AFM should have, I thought I would look up the required items and at least inventory what I had, and go from there. During the process, I came to the possible conclusion that I don't require an AFM.
Does anybody think that I am mistaken in my conclusion, and if so why?
I think that to comply with having my operating limitations and w&b onboard, I can carry the following and be "legal."
MANUFACTURER'S POH
AFM SUPPLEMENTS FOR INSTALLED EQUIPMENT/ MODIFICATIONS
CURRENT W&B
CURRENT EQUIPMENT LIST
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFORMANCE DATA
Will this suffice?
A secondary question is this: I am filing my STC copies with my aircraft mtc logbooks (not kept in aircraft), and comparing my 337 copies with originals in my mtc records.
Other than for part 91.417(d), n/a, I find no reason to keep the 337's in the aircraft (or the stc paperwork for that matter).
Any guidace greatly appreciated. Just trying to do things right.
Thanks,
105viking
