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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook–General

FAA-H-8083-30B Version 2023
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Index

  • Illustrated Parts Catalogues (IPC) — 4-11
  • Impact Drivers — 11-6
  • Impenetrability — 5-1
  • Inclined Coil Iron Vane Meter — 12-75
  • Inclined Plane — 5-11
  • Inductance — 12-56
  • Inductor-Type Rotary Inverter — 12-94
  • Inspection — 8-11
  • Inspection authorization (IA) — 2-16
  • Inspection Authorization (IA) (by 14 CFR Section) — 13-5
    • Section 65.91, Inspection Authorization — 13-5
    • Section 65.92, Inspection Authorization: Duration..13-5 Section 65.93, Inspection Authorization: Renewal..13-5 Section 65.95, Inspection Authorization: Privileges and Limitations — 13-6
  • Inspection of Composites — 10-36
  • Inspection of Welds — 10-38
  • Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) — 2-4
  • Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) — 2-22
  • Integrated Circuit — 12-122
  • International Ergonomics Association (IEA) — 14-31
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO) — 4-7
  • Interpoles — 12-132
  • Inter-turbine temperature (ITT) — 1-14
  • Inverters — 12-93
  • Involving Magnesium — 8-20
  • Ionosphere — 5-33
  • Ions — 12-2
  • Iron Vane Meter — 12-74
  • ISO 9001 — 2-41

J

  • Jacking — 6-14
  • JET A — 1-25
  • JET A-1 — 1-25
  • JET B — 1-25
  • Job task analysis (JTA) — 14-10

K

  • Kelvin scales — 5-21
  • Kerosene — 8-27
  • Kinetic Energy — 5-3
  • Kinetic theory — 5-23
  • Kirchhoff’s Current Law — 12-41
  • Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law — 12-36
  • K-Monel — 7-11

L

  • Laminated Structures — 7-31
  • Landing Gear — 6-17,8-12
  • Land Planes — 1-8
  • Lateral — 5-53
  • Lateral Axis — 5-42
  • Law of Conservation — 5-1
  • Law of Exponents — 3-12
  • LC Filters — 12-112
    • Band-Pass — 12-112
    • Band-Stop — 12-112
    • High-Pass (HPF) — 12-112
    • Low-Pass — 12-112
  • Leading edge of the MAC (LEMAC) — 6-28
  • Least common denominator (LCD) — 3-2
  • Leveling — 6-14
  • Lever — 5-8
    • First Class Lever — 5-8
    • Second Class Lever — 5-9
    • Third Class Lever — 5-9
  • Lighted Pushbutton Switches — 12-32
  • Light Emitting Diode (LED) — 7-5
  • Light-Emitting Diode (LED) — 12-103
  • Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) — 2-16,2-40,7-77
  • Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) — 12-104
  • Liquid Penetrant — 10-18
  • Lithium Ion Batteries — 12-93
  • Loading Graphs — 6-24
  • Logic Circuits — 12-119
    • — 12-121
    • AND Gate — 12-121
    • Exclusive NOR Gate — 12-122
    • Exclusive OR Gate — 12-122
    • Inverter Logic — 12-121
    • Logic Polarity — 12-120
    • NAND Gate — 12-122
    • NOR Gate — 12-122
    • OR Gate — 12-122
  • Longitudinal — 5-53
  • Longitudinal Axis — 5-43
  • Loudness — 5-32

M

  • Mach Number — 5-31
  • Magnesium — 7-8
  • Magnesium Alloys — 7-8
  • Magnetic Amplifiers — 12-118
  • Magnetic Particle — 10-29
  • Magnetism — 12-6
  • Magnets — 12-9
  • Main Rotor Systems — 5-49
  • Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA) — 14-10
  • Maintenance Instruction Manuals (MIM) — 4-11
  • Maintenance Manual — 10-3
  • Main Wheels — 6-17
  • Mallets — 11-1
  • Manifold pressure gauge — 5-23
  • Manufacturers’ Service Bulletin — 10-3
  • Mass and Weight — 5-1
  • Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) — 1-2
  • Matter — 5-1, 12-1
  • Maximum except takeoff (METO) — 6-5
  • Maximum Weight — 6-3
  • Mean Aerodynamic Chord — 6-28
  • Mean aerodynamic chord (MAC) — 6-28
  • Mechanical Energy — 5-18
  • Mechanic Certification: Subpart A - General (by 14 CFR Section) — 13-1
    • Refusal to Submit to a Drug or Alcohol Test — 13-2
    • Section 65.3, Certification of Foreign Airmen Other Than Flight Crewmembers — 13-1
    • Section 65.11, Application and Issue — 13-1
    • Section 65.12, Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs — 13-1
    • Section 65.13, Temporary Certificate — 13-1
    • Section 65.14, Security Disqualification — 13-1
    • Section 65.15, Duration of Certificates — 13-1
    • Section 65.16, Change of Name: Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificate — 13-2
    • Section 65.17, Test: General Procedure — 13-2
    • Section 65.18, Written Tests: Cheating or Other Unauthorized Content — 13-2
    • Section 65.19, Retesting After Failure — 13-2
    • Section 65.20, Applications, Certificates, Logbooks, Reports, and Records: Falsification, Reproduction, or Alteration — 13-2
    • Section 65.21, Change of Address — 13-2
  • Mechanic Certification: Subpart D - Mechanics (by 14 CFR Section) — 13-3
    • Section 65.71, Eligibility Requirements: General — 13-3
    • Section 65.73, Ratings — 13-3
    • Section 65.75, Knowledge Requirements — 13-3
    • Section 65.77, Experience Requirements — 13-3
    • Section 65.79, Skill Requirements — 13-3
    • Section 65.80, Certificated Aviation Maintenance Technician School Students — 13-4
    • Section 65.81, General Privileges and Limitations..13-4 Section 65.83, Recent Experience Requirements — 13-4
    • Section 65.85, Airframe Rating: Additional Privileges — 13-4
    • Section 65.87, Powerplant Rating: Additional Privileges — 13-4
    • Section 65.89, Display of Certificate — 13-4
  • Megger (Megohmmeter) — 12-72
  • Mercury barometer — 5-34
  • Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor FET (MOSFET) — 12-108
  • Metal Tube Lines — 9-2
  • Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) — 8-27
  • Metric System — 3-26
  • Microfiche — 4-23
  • Microfilm — 4-23
  • Micrometer Calipers — 11-19
  • Micro-organisms — 8-2
  • Microprocessors — 12-123
  • Microswitches — 12-31
  • Mild Abrasive Materials — 8-28
  • Minimum Fuel — 6-4
  • Molecule — 12-1
  • Moment — 6-2
  • Mooney M20 — 5-11
  • Motion — 5-14
  • MS Flareless Fittings — 9-9
    • Cryofit — 9-9
    • Swaged — 9-9
  • MS (Military Standard) numbers — 7-37
  • Multirange Ohmmeter — 12-72

N

  • NAS (National Aircraft Standard) numbers — 7-37
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — 2-1
  • National Coarse (NC) — 7-37
  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) — 1-5
  • National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) — 13-5
  • Nautical miles (NM) — 2-11
  • NDI Methods — 10-17
  • Negative Powers — 3-12
  • Neoprene — 9-16
  • Newton’s Law of Motion — 5-16
    • First — 5-16
    • Second — 5-16
    • Third — 5-17, 5-37
  • Nickel-Cadmium Batteries — 12-91
  • Nomograms — 4-23
  • Nosewheel — 6-17
  • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) — 2-26
  • Nuclear Energy — 5-18
  • Nut Plates — 7-68
  • Nuts — 7-41, 7-47
    • Identification and Coding — 7-45
    • Internal and External Wrenching — 7-45
    • Non-Self-Locking — 7-41
    • Self-Locking — 7-42
    • Sheet Spring — 7-45

O

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) — 14-4
  • Ohmmeter — 12-71
  • Ohm’s Law — 12-17, 12-59
  • Oil Capacitors — 12-53
  • Oil Caps — 7-77
  • Oil System — 6-13
  • Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) — 2-30
  • Orthographic — 4-9
  • Oscilloscope — 12-76
  • Over-Excitation Protection — 12-164
  • Over “G” — 10-14
  • Overhaul Manual — 10-4
  • Overvoltage Protection — 12-164
  • Oxygen Hazards — 1-25
  • Oxygen Servicing Equipment — 1-24

P

  • Parallel — 12-62
  • Parallel Conductors — 12-138
  • Parallel DC Circuits — 12-40
  • Parallel Generator Operations — 12-164
  • Part Manufacture Approval (PMA) — 2-4
  • Pascal’s Law — 5-27
  • Percentage — 3-10
  • Permanent Ballast — 6-23
  • Permanent Magnet Rotary Inverter — 12-94
  • Phantom Lines — 4-17
  • phosgene gas — 1-6
  • Phosphoric-citric Acid — 8-29
  • Photoconductive Cells — 12-27
  • Physical Parameters — 12-56
  • Pins — 7-75
    • Cotter — 7-75
    • Flathead — 7-75
    • Roll — 7-75
    • Tape — 7-75
  • Plastics — 7-29
  • Pliers — 11-3
  • Plumb Bob — 6-11
  • PN Junctions — 12-98
  • PNP Transistor — 12-107
  • Polyester Film — 12-52
  • Porosity — 5-1
  • Potential Energy — 5-2, 5-19
  • Power — 5-4,12-20
  • Power and Energy — 12-20
  • Powered Parachute — 1-11, 5-58, 6-26, 6-28
  • Power of Zero — 3-12
  • Power Rectifier Diodes — 12-103
  • Powers — 3-11
  • Powers of Ten — 3-12
  • Precipitation Practices — 7-23
  • Preflight — 10-5
  • Pressure — 5-22
    • Absolute — 5-23
    • Differential — 5-23
    • Gauge — 5-23
  • Preventive Maintenance — 8-10
  • Proportion — 3-8
  • Pulley — 5-9
    • Block and Tackle — 5-10
    • Single Fixed Pulley — 5-9
    • Single Movable Pulley — 5-9
  • Pulse Structure — 12-120
  • Punches — 11-3
  • Pure Metals — 8-1
  • Push-Pull Tube Linkage — 7-72
  • Pythagorean Theorem — 3-25

Q

  • Quenching — 7-22

R

  • Radiant Energy — 5-18
  • Radiation — 5-20
  • Radiation Hazards — 10-36
  • Radiographic — 10-34
  • Radiographic Interpretation — 10-35
  • Radio Station License — 2-38
  • Ratio — 3-7
  • Reamers — 11-13
  • Reciprocating Engines — 1-11
  • Rectangular Conductors — 12-20
  • Rectifiers — 12-100
    • Diode — 12-103,12-105
    • Light-Emitting Diode (LED) — 12-103
    • Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) — 12-104
    • Photodiode — 12-104
    • Power Rectifier Diodes — 12-103
    • Schottky Diodes — 12-105
    • Varactors — 12-104
    • Zener Diodes — 12-103
    • Full-Wave Rectifier — 12-102
    • Half-Wave Rectifier — 12-101
  • Rectifier Unit — 12-156
  • Reheat Treatment — 7-22
  • Reinforced Plastic — 7-31
  • Relative Wind — 5-38
  • Relays — 12-33
  • Resistance — 12-18
  • Resistance of a Conductor — 12-18
    • Resistance and Relation to Wire Sizing — 12-20
  • Resistors — 12-24, 12-50
    • Variable Resistors — 12-26
    • Potentiometer — 12-27
    • Rheostat — 12-26
    • Wire-Wound — 12-26
  • Resistors in Parallel — 12-40
  • Resonance — 5-32,12-63
  • Retreating Blade — 5-56
  • Reverse Current Sensing — 12-164
  • Rigid Fluid Lines — 9-1
  • Riveted and Rivetless Nut Plates — 7-68
    • Deutsch — 7-70
    • Dill Lok-Skrus and Dill Lok-Rivets — 7-69
  • Rivets — 7-51,7-57
    • Blind — 7-56
    • Dzus — 7-64
    • Friction Lock — 7-57
    • Mechanical Lock — 7-58
    • Bulbed CherryLOCK Rivets — 7-58
    • Huck Mechanical Locked Rivets — 7-58
    • Wiredraw CherryLOCK Rivets — 7-58
    • Pin — 7-60
    • Pull-Thru — 7-57
    • Solid Shank — 7-52
    • Standards and Specifications — 7-51
  • Rockwell Tester — 7-26
  • Rolling-Type Flaring — 9-4
  • Roots — 3-12
  • Rotary Inverters — 12-94
  • Rotary Selector Switches — 12-31
  • Rubber — 7-32
  • Ruddervators — 5-42
  • Rules — 11-14

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