6. Glossary
Function ; function
The normal or characteristic actions of an element are sometimes defined along with its performance.
Scheduled preventive maintenance
Scheduled preventive maintenance task carried out at specified time intervals.
Inspection; inspection
Conformity control performed by measuring, observing, testing or calibrating the significant characteristics of a good.
Défaillance fonctionnelle; functional failure
Failure of an element to perform its normal actions or characteristics in accordance with specified thresholds.
dominant failure mode; mode dominant de défaillance
Equipment failure mode with the highest frequency of occurrence of all possible equipment...
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Bibliography
Websites
Aircraft Landing Gear System http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/amt_airframe_handbook/media/ama_Ch13.pdf (page consulted on January 15, 2015)
Standards and norms
- Maintenance – Maintenance terminology - EN-13306 - 2010
- ATA, 747 maintenance steering group, handbook : maintenance evaluation and program development, Air Transport Association - MSG-1 - 1968
- ATA, Airline/manufacturer maintenance program planning document : MSG-2, Air Transport Association - MSG-2 - 1970
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