Mark an inspection not applicable to one aircraft
Open the inspection and click Mark not applicable on the Applies to this aircraft card, with a reason. It is never reminded about, counted overdue or grounds that aircraft, and it stays marked after a sign-off. Also: what Scheduled and In progress mean on an inspection.
For owners, admins and technicians
Open the inspection, find Applies to this aircraft, click Mark not applicable and say why. That one inspection on that one aircraft stops being reminded about, counted overdue or grounding the aircraft. The rule and every other aircraft it covers are unchanged. Click It applies again to put it back.
When to use it#
Some inspections a rule puts on every aircraft do not apply to one of them:
- a VOR check on a VFR-only aircraft with no VOR receiver,
- a 100-hour inspection on an aircraft that is never flown for hire,
- a transponder check on an aircraft with no transponder fitted.
Marking it not applicable keeps it on the aircraft's list, with your reason beside it, so anybody reading the list can see it was considered and why it does not apply. Deleting it instead would leave no trace, and removing the aircraft from the rule changes the rule.
Mark it#
Open the inspection
WebMaintenance → Inspections, then double-click the inspection, or open the aircraft and click it on the Inspections card.
Click Mark not applicable on the Applies to this aircraft card
The card is in the right-hand column of the inspection's page.
Say why, then click Mark not applicable
The reason is optional, and it is shown wherever the inspection is listed, the aircraft owner's own view included. "VFR only, no VOR receiver" says enough.
From then on the inspection reads Not applicable with your reason in every list, sorts to the bottom, and has its own group when the list is grouped by status. The card says who marked it and when.
What it stops#
While an inspection is marked not applicable:
- No warning, due or overdue notice goes to the shop, and no reminder goes to the aircraft's owners.
- It never grounds the aircraft, whatever its dates or meter readings say.
- It is not counted as overdue or due soon anywhere: the aircraft's row, the fleet counts, the dashboard and the Maintenance due report.
It stays marked after a sign-off#
If you sign the inspection off anyway, the next cycle of the rule starts on the same aircraft already marked not applicable, with the same reason. It stays that way until somebody says it applies again.
Put it back#
Click It applies again on the same card. The inspection is checked straight away, the way a new inspection is:
- If it is already overdue and its rule grounds the aircraft, the aircraft comes off the line as soon as you save, and the shop is told it is due.
- Warnings start again from where its clocks stand now.
Scheduled and In progress#
An inspection that is an item on an open work order shows which job has it booked in:
| Tag | Means |
|---|---|
| Scheduled | The job is Requested or Scheduled: the aircraft is coming in for it. |
| In progress | The job has the aircraft at the shop: received, in progress, waiting for the owner or parts, or ready for pickup. |
The tag names the job, and clicking it opens the job. It is worked out from the job, so nothing has to be kept in step: when the job is completed or cancelled, or the owner declines or defers that item, the tag goes away. An inspection can be Scheduled and still be overdue; the tag never hides that.
Dispatchers see the inspection's status but not the job, the same as everywhere else work orders appear. Aircraft owners see the tag on their own aircraft.
Common questions
- Does marking it not applicable change the rule for my other aircraft?
- No. It is one inspection on one aircraft. The rule, and every other aircraft it covers, are unchanged.
- The aircraft was grounded for this inspection. Will marking it not applicable put it back on the line?
- Yes, unless something else still holds it, such as another overdue inspection that grounds or a grounding squawk.
- What does Scheduled or In progress on an inspection mean?
- An open work order carries it. Scheduled while the job is requested or scheduled, In progress while the aircraft is at the shop. It is worked out from the job, so it goes away when the job is completed or cancelled.
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