Pipistrel Sinus 912, Virus 912, Virus SW 80/100 & ALPHA Trainer LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual 2019

Pipistrel Sinus 912, Virus 912, Virus SW 80/100 & ALPHA Trainer LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual 2019

The Pipistrel Sinus 912, Virus 912, Virus SW 80/100 & ALPHA Trainer LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual 2019 is the 386-page maintenance reference for the Pipistrel light sport aircraft families identified on the cover: Sinus 912 LSA, Virus 912 LSA, Virus SW 80/100 LSA and ALPHA Trainer. It applies to aircraft equipped with Rotax 912 80 hp and 912-series 100 hp engines and covers both tail-wheel and nose-wheel versions where applicable. Revision A00 was issued on March 22, 2019 under document number AMM-100-00-60-001 and supersedes the earlier LSA maintenance manual Revision 5 dated November 19, 2015.

File Details

• Manual type: LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual
• Brand: Pipistrel
• Models: Sinus 912 LSA, Virus 912 LSA, Virus SW 80/100 LSA, ALPHA Trainer
• Engine coverage: Rotax 912 80 hp and 912 series 100 hp
• Language: English
• Page count: 386 pages
• File format: PDF
• Document number: AMM-100-00-60-001
• Revision: A00
• Date of issue: March 22, 2019

Built Around Aircraft Maintenance Tasks

This Pipistrel LSA maintenance manual is organized around ATA-style chapter numbering and is intended for trained aviation mechanics. The manual explains how to inspect, clean, service, remove and install equipment, and perform operational inspections on the covered aircraft. Individual maintenance tasks include applicability and qualification information so the technician can identify which aircraft type a procedure applies to and the minimum maintenance qualification associated with that task.

Because one manual serves several aircraft types, the document repeatedly distinguishes Sinus, Virus, Virus SW and ALPHA Trainer applicability. Some procedures are generalized across several types, while others apply only to particular aircraft or equipment configurations. This is especially important when using the Pipistrel Sinus 912, Virus 912, Virus SW 80/100 & ALPHA Trainer LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual 2019 for a specific airframe: the task applicability table should be checked before carrying out the work.

Maintenance Planning, Inspections and Airworthiness

The maintenance-planning material is substantial. Chapter 04 gives airworthiness limitations and mandatory replacement or maintenance requirements for life-limited or monitored components, systems and structures. Chapter 05 then develops the scheduled-maintenance program with time limits, overhaul and replacement intervals, visual-inspection criteria, operational inspections, 50-hour, 100-hour and annual inspection requirements, major inspections and unscheduled checks.

Unscheduled-maintenance coverage addresses abnormal operating events including hard or overweight landings, exceeded speed limits, severe air turbulence, lightning strike, high drag or side loads during ground handling, ground gusts and flutter. The manual also provides pre- and post-maintenance operational and functional checks intended to detect abnormalities or malfunctions after work has been performed.

Chapters Covered

• 04-00 Airworthiness Limitations – general requirements, maintenance limitations and structural limitations
• 05-00 Time Limits and Maintenance Checks – time limits, scheduled maintenance, operational and functional checks, unscheduled maintenance
• 06-00 Dimensions and Areas – aircraft dimensions, areas and 3-view drawings
• 07-00 Lifting and Shoring – jacking description and maintenance practices
• 08-00 Leveling and Weighing – leveling and weighing procedures
• 09-00 Towing and Taxiing – towing and taxiing procedures
• 10-00 Parking, Mooring and Storage – parking, mooring and storage practices
• 11-00 Required Placards – exterior and interior placards
• 12-00 Servicing – replenishing, scheduled servicing and disposable replacement parts
• 20-00 Standard Practices – Airframe – sealants and lubricants, thread-locking fluids, fastener information, torque values, hardware requirements and adhesives
• 21-00 Environmental Systems – ventilation systems
• 22-00 Autopilot System – Dynon autopilot system
• 24-00 Electrical Power – DC generation, external power and DC electrical load distribution
• 25-00 Equipment and Furnishing – flight compartment, baggage compartment and emergency equipment
• 27-00 Flight Controls – rudder, elevator, flaperons and air-brake lever
• 28-00 Fuel – fuel storage, distribution and indicating systems
• 31-00 Indicating/Recording Systems – instrument and control panels
• 32-00 Landing Gear – main gear, nose gear, wheels, brakes and steering
• 33-00 Lights – flight-compartment and exterior lighting
• 34-00 Navigation and Pitot-Static Systems – flight-environment data, attitude and direction systems
• 51-00 Standard Practices – Structures – detecting and assessing composite damage, control-surface balancing and repairs
• 52-00 Doors – passenger and crew doors and baggage door
• 53-00 Fuselage – main frame, cabin floor and firewall
• 55-00 Stabilizers – horizontal stabilizer, elevator, vertical stabilizer and rudder
• 56-00 Windows – window description and maintenance practices
• 57-00 Wings – wing structure, attach fittings, flight surfaces and air brakes
• 61-00 Propeller – propeller assembly and maintenance practices
• 71-00 Power Plant – power-plant installation, cowlings, mounts, induction air intakes and engine drains
• 72-00 Engine – engine information for the installed Rotax 912 series
• 73-00 Engine Fuel – fuel distribution and indicating
• 75-00 Engine Cooling – air cooling and liquid cooling
• 76-00 Engine Controls – engine-control assembly and maintenance practices
• 77-00 Engine Indicating – power and temperature indication
• 78-00 Exhaust – collector and noise-suppressor systems
• 95-00 Special Purpose Equipment – special-purpose equipment including the GRS rescue-system installation
• 99-00 Appendices – ASTM F2483 cross-reference chart, fault/malfunction report, vent/drain-hole locations and LSA Major Repair and Alteration information

Taken together, these chapters give a technician a working reference for routine inspections, scheduled servicing, component removal and installation, adjustment, inspection after abnormal events, structural checks, aircraft systems and power-plant support. The manual also refers the mechanic to applicable component-manufacturer documentation for equipment such as the Rotax engine, propellers, tow release, wheel/brake system and ELT where the component manual remains the controlling source for certain procedures.

Systems, Structures and Component Work

The airframe systems coverage extends well beyond periodic inspection. Flight-control chapters describe the rudder, elevator, flaperons and air-brake controls with removal, installation, adjustment and inspection tasks where applicable. Fuel chapters cover tanks, distribution, pumps, filters, lines and indicating equipment. Landing-gear material addresses main and nose gear, wheels, braking and steering. Electrical, lighting, instrument, navigation and pitot-static chapters provide maintenance references for the aircraft’s installed systems.

Composite-airframe maintenance is also a major part of this manual. The aircraft description identifies the Sinus, Virus and ALPHA Trainer family as all-composite high-wing aircraft, and the structural-practices chapter includes guidance for visual inspection, tap testing, damage assessment, control-surface balancing and repair-related limitations. The scheduled inspection criteria direct attention to cracking, deformation, delamination, fluid saturation, wear, corrosion and other signs of damage across composite, metal, moving, electrical and fluid-carrying components.

Rotax 912 Power Plant Coverage

Power-plant chapters support the Rotax 912 installations used across these Pipistrel LSA aircraft. Coverage includes the engine installation, cowlings and mounts, induction-air components, fuel distribution, cooling, throttle and choke controls, engine-indicating sensors and exhaust systems. Illustrated pages include a Rotax 912 Series engine drawing and fuel-system diagrams for 912 configurations, helping the technician identify components and understand system routing while working through the associated procedures.

The manual does not replace the applicable Rotax or other component manufacturers’ maintenance manuals. It specifically directs maintenance personnel to have the applicable OEM documents available and to use current component documentation where required. For aircraft-specific work, that combination of Pipistrel airframe procedures and the applicable equipment manual is part of the maintenance approach described in the document.

Important Wiring-Diagram Note

The master table of contents lists 91-00 Wiring Diagrams, and the list of effective pages also identifies Chapter 91 page numbers. In this 386-page PDF, however, the document sequence moves from Chapter 78 to Chapter 95, so the Chapter 91 wiring-diagram pages are not included in this file.

Use This Manual for Accurate Pipistrel LSA Maintenance Work

The Pipistrel Sinus 912, Virus 912, Virus SW 80/100 & ALPHA Trainer LSA Aircraft Maintenance Manual 2019 supports a wide range of practical maintenance work: scheduled and annual inspections, servicing, airframe and composite checks, control-system maintenance, landing-gear and brake work, fuel-system servicing, electrical and instrument maintenance, propeller and power-plant support, engine-control adjustments, cooling and exhaust work, and inspections following abnormal operating events. Using the model applicability, qualification information, procedures, inspection criteria, limits and torque or service data printed in the manual helps technicians work from the correct reference rather than relying on memory or generic procedures.

Purchase provides instant access to the PDF after payment. There is no physical book and no shipping wait. The file can be opened on a computer, tablet or phone and pages can be printed when a workshop copy of a specific procedure, inspection table or reference page is useful.