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4、il: CustomerServicesae.orgSAE WEB ADDRESS: http:/www.sae.orgSAE values your input. To provide feedback on thisTechnical Report, please visithttp:/standards.sae.org/ARP5284BAEROSPACERECOMMENDED PRACTICEARP5284REV. BIssued 1997-12Revised 2012-08Reaffirmed 2017-05Superseding ARP5284ATLTV - Aircraft NLG
5、 Steering and Tractive Force ProtectionSystems or Alerting Devices - Inspection, Maintenanceand Calibration RequirementsRATIONALEARP5284B has been reaffirmed to comply with the SAE Five-Year Review policy.FOREWORDThis SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) describes the requirements and procedures
6、 for the inspection, maintenance and calibration of towbarless towing vehicles (TLTV) aircraft nose landing gear (NLG) tractive force (where applicable) and steering protection systems or alerting devices. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SCOPE 32. REFERENCES 32.1 Applicable Documents 32.1.1 SAE Publications .
7、32.2 Applicable References 32.3 Definitions . 43. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS . 44. MANUFACTURERS MAINTENANCE MANUALS . 45. INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 46. CALIBRATION 57. SPECIAL TOOLS 58. TRAINING . 69. MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION AND CALIBRATION RECORDS . 610. TRACEABILITY AND ACCOU
8、NTABILITY . 611. NOTES 7SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 2 of 7_1. SCOPE 1.1 To list the documentation required to ensure inspection, maintenance and calibration of the TLTVs aircraft NLG steering and tractive protection systems or alerting devices can be carried out in accordance with the requiremen
9、ts of this document and the referenced standards. 1.2 To specify inspection, maintenance and calibration requirements and procedures. 1.3 To specify special tools requirements. 1.4 To specify training requirements. 1.5 To specify recording, traceability and accountability requirements. 2. REFERENCES
10、 2.1 Applicable Documents The following publications form a part of this document to the extent specified herein. The latest issue of SAE publications shall apply. The applicable issue of other publications shall be the issue in effect on the date of the purchase order. In the event of conflict betw
11、een the text of this document and references cited herein, the text of this document takes precedence. Nothing in this document, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained. 2.1.1 SAE Publications Available from SAE International, 400 Commonwealt
12、h Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, Tel: 877-606-7323 (inside USA and Canada) or 724-776-4970 (outside USA), www.sae.org.ARP4852 Design Specification for Towbarless Push-Back Tow Vehicles ARP4853 Design Specification for Towbarless Tow Vehicles ARP5283 Nose Gear Towbarless Tow Vehicle Basic Test Req
13、uirements ARP5285 Towbarless Towing Vehicle Operating Procedure ARP5911 Regional Aircraft Towbarless Tow Vehicle - Test Requirements ARP5916 Design Specification for Regional Aircraft Towbarless Tow Vehicle for Pushback and/or Maintenance Towing Operations 2.2 Applicable References TLTV manufacturer
14、s inspection, calibration and maintenance requirements and procedures TLTV manufacturers maintenance manuals Applicable airframe manufacturers towbarless vehicle test requirements or criteria documents Applicable airframe manufacturers manuals ISO 20683-1, Aircraft ground equipment - Design, test an
15、d maintenance for towbarless towing vehicles (TLTV) interfaced with nose-landing gear - Part 1: Main-line aircraft IATA AHM 957, Functional Specification for Nose Gear Towbarless Tractor SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 3 of 7_2.3 Definitions 2.3.1 TLTV - Towbarless towing vehicle 2.3.2 NLG - Aircraf
16、ts nose landing gear 3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 3.1 The TLTV aircraft NLG tractive force and steering protection systems or alerting devices which in the event of failure or malfunction, would as a consequence of failure not preclude potential damage to the aircrafts nose landing gear and its steering
17、system must be inspected, maintained, tested and calibrated to TLTV manufacturers requirements for all the designated aircraft types which the TLTV is designed to handle. 3.2 Inspection, maintenance and calibration schedules, any special tools and training requirements for the TLTVs protection syste
18、ms or alerting devices must be available.3.3 The TLTVs aircraft NLG protection systems or alerting devices must be inspected, maintained and calibrated in accordance with the requirements of this document and the TLTV manufacturers maintenance manuals and schedules.3.4 The organization responsible f
19、or the maintenance of the TLTV must keep documented records of each TLTVs aircraft NLG protection systems or alerting devices inspection, maintenance and calibration in maintained files to be made available for review and audit by the regulatory authorities when requested. 3.5 Records should be kept
20、 for a minimum period of 2 years or in accordance with the requirements of the controlling regulatory authority. 4. MANUFACTURERS MAINTENANCE MANUALS 4.1 The TLTV manufacturers maintenance manual shall incorporate a separate section covering the inspection, maintenance and calibration of the TLTV ai
21、rcraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices.The maintenance manual shall: 4.1.1 Detail the scope of the aircraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices. 4.1.2 List applicable reference documents 4.1.3 List applicable equipment require
22、d to perform the inspection, calibration and maintenance tasks. 4.1.4 Include trouble shooting sections. 4.1.5 List inspection, maintenance and calibration intervals. 4.1.6 List all items to be checked/calibrated. 4.1.7 Detail against each task full instructions on how the task/calibration should be
23、 carried out. 5. INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 5.1 The TLTV manufacturer shall publish inspection, calibration and maintenance check lists for each model of TLTV. 5.2 Each check list shall include: 5.2.1 Detail the scope of the check list. SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 4 of
24、7_5.2.2 List applicable reference documents. 5.2.3 List applicable equipment required to perform the inspection, calibration and maintenance tasks. 5.2.4 List inspection, maintenance and calibration intervals in hours run and/or calendar interval. 5.2.5 List all items to be checked/calibrated on the
25、 TLTV aircraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices.5.2.6 Provide for the TLTV serial/chassis/fleet number to be recorded. 5.2.7 Provide for a reference number to be recorded. 5.2.8 Provide for details of defects and actions required to be recorded. 5.2.9 Provide fo
26、r each checkable item/task to be signed off and dated when complete by the qualified and authorized person completing the task. 5.2.10 Provide for the completed check list to be signed off by the qualified and authorized person completing the tasks and counter signed and dated by an authorized perso
27、n when all tasks and actions have been completed. 6. CALIBRATION 6.1 Inspection, maintenance and calibration of the TLTVs aircrafts NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices must be carried out in strict accordance with the TLTV manufacturers check list and maintenance i
28、nstructions as contained in the TLTVs maintenance manual. 6.2 The TLTVs aircraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices must be calibrated at service intervals as specified in the TLTV manufacturers maintenance manual. 6.3 Each calibration must be carried out in accor
29、dance with the TLTV manufacturers inspection/ maintenance/calibration check list using the tools and equipment listed in the TLTV manufacturers maintenance manual or suitable equivalents. 6.4 Any tools used in the inspection maintenance and calibration tasks must themselves be calibrated against kno
30、wn standards where applicable. 6.5 The qualified and authorized person performing the inspection, maintenance and calibration tasks must sign off and date each task as it is completed on the maintenance check list. 6.6 The check list must be signed off by the qualified and authorized person performi
31、ng the inspection, maintenance and calibration tasks and countersigned and dated by an authorized person when all tasks and resulting actions have been completed. 7. SPECIAL TOOLS 7.1 The TLTV manufacturer must list in his maintenance manuals and check lists any special tools that are required to pe
32、rform the inspection, maintenance and calibration requirements. 7.2 Where appropriate instructions regarding the calibration of the special tools must be provided. 7.3 The re-calibration of any special tools must be performed and recorded at periods not exceeding the tool manufacturers requirements.
33、 7.4 Instructions on how to use any special tools must be detailed in the TLTVs maintenance manual. SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 5 of 7_8. TRAINING 8.1 The personnel maintaining the TLTV must be provided with appropriate and adequate training in the inspection, maintenance and calibration of the
34、TLTVs and aircraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices. 8.2 The TLTV manufacturer must be able to provide appropriate and formal training. 8.3 Personnel successfully completing formal training courses should be recorded as being qualified. 9. MAINTENANCE, INSPECTIO
35、N AND CALIBRATION RECORDS 9.1 Records must be kept of all inspections, maintenance and calibration checks of the TLTV aircraft NLG steering and tractive force protection systems or alerting devices for a minimum period of 2 years. Other relevant maintenance/inspection records should also be kept. 9.
36、2 Each task must be signed off and dated when completed by the qualified and authorized person carrying out the task. 9.3 The completed and signed off maintenance record must be counter-signed and dated by an authorized person. 9.4 The records must be maintained in a manner that enables them to easi
37、ly be presented for review and audit by the appropriate regulatory authority when requested. 10. TRACEABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 10.1 It shall remain possible throughout the operating life of any TLTV model: 10.1.1 To trace back the source data for any aircraft NLG steering system and tractive force
38、 protection or alerting devices calibration values published in the manufacturers maintenance manual. 10.1.2 To update these in the event of a modification of source data, or if (an) additional aircraft type(s) is (are) to be designated for handling by the TLTV. 10.1.3 To analyze any reported in-ser
39、vice incidents in order to determine whether a modification is required either to the TLTV or to its aircraft NLG steering system and tractive force protection or alerting devices inspection, maintenance and calibration procedures, so as to improve aircraft NLG steering system and tractive force pro
40、tection against undetected damage. 10.1.4 To issue to all TLTV operators service bulletins, modifications to the TLTV, or amendments to its maintenance manuals inspection, maintenance and calibration procedures, if justified by one of the above occurrences. 10.2 The responsibility for the traceabili
41、ty and monitoring functions defined in 11.1 above should normally rest with the TLTV manufacturer. 10.3 In the event of a TLTV being resold, it shall be incumbent on the seller to transfer to the buyer the corresponding maintenance manuals and maintenance records, and notify the TLTV manufacturer of
42、 the sale. It shall be incumbent on the buyer to register with the TLTV manufacturer in order to receive any service bulletins, modifications to the TLTV, or amendments to the maintenance manuals as may be issued. 10.4 In the event of the TLTV manufacturer ceasing business, the responsibility togeth
43、er with the relevant files should be transferred to any company taking over the TLTV product lines engineering after sales or marketing functions. SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 6 of 7_10.5 In the event that a company does not take over the responsibilities outlined in 19.2 under the circumstances
44、given in 10.4, it shall be incumbent on the operators of the TLTV model(s) to: 10.5.1 Designate an appointed holder of the functions defined in 10.1 above. 10.5.2 Ensure that the relevant files are duly transferred to the appointed holder designated under 10.5.1.10.5.3 Inform all operators of aircra
45、ft handled by TLTV(s) of the foregoing, who will in turn keep informed the controlling regulatory authority as required. 11. NOTES 11.1 A change bar (l) located in the left margin is for the convenience of the user in locating areas where technical revisions, not editorial changes, have been made to
46、 the previous issue of this document. An (R) symbol to the left of the document title indicates a complete revision of the document, including technical revisions. Change bars and (R) are not used in original publications, nor in documents that contain editorial changes only. PREPARED BY SAE SUBCOMMITTEE AGE-2C, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & AIRCRAFT SERVICING OF COMMITTEE AGE-2, AIR CARGO & AIRCRAFT GROUND EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS STEERING GROUP SAE INTERNATIONAL ARP5284B Page 7 of 7_
