A importância da manutenção preventiva em aeronaves

Abstract

Aircraft, as well as automobiles or any mechanical equipment, need adequate maintenance in order to ensure greater safety. These maintenances certainly should not be avoided. Whether preventive, predictive or corrective maintenance, all are essential in both commercial and private aviation. Based on this premise, the objective of this study is to review the importance of aircraft maintenance and its relationship with the safety culture, showing how aeronautical maintenance is an essential part of airworthiness with the ultimate purpose of preventing accidents and preserving lives. Whether maintenance is a simple repair or a broader overhaul, it also guarantees a longer operating time for the aircraft in addition to avoiding risks to the lives of all who operate it, which increases the credibility of aviation sector and transport sector. ANAC, through its normative efforts consistent in the publication of Brazilian Aviation Regulations (RBACs), makes aviation in Brazil one of the safest in the world, even with the complexity involved in creating a maintenance program. Considering that, the study will allow to expand the knowledge about the aeronautical maintenance sector in Brazil. To access the findings already produced on the subject, bibliographic research was used, consisting on the main source of this research, as well as articles, internet sites and videos from channels specialized in aeronautical maintenance. One of the conclusions of the study is that the operator responsible for the aircraft or its owners are responsible for the equipment maintenance, respecting its cycle, calendar time and the operations manual. Airlines, in this sense, must follow the determinations imposed by aeronautical authority and prepare their own maintenance program in order to adapt the intervals of their maintenance services to their operation.