Event Details and Registration

As an aircraft owner / operator, do you know which maintenance actions Part 43 allows you to perform, and what the requirements are if you do perform any maintenance?  Are you familiar with the term “Aging Aircraft”? Should you preflight your aircraft any differently after it has been in for maintenance? What does corrosion look like and why does it matter?

If you would like to hear the answers to these questions, see some great visual examples and more, please join us when Inspector Mark Laughridge, Orlando FSDO FAASTeam Program Manager presents, “Owner / Operator Performed Maintenance”.

Attached to this notice is an FAA produced pamphlet which embodies the topic of this event. In addition, an Advisory Circular (updated AC-43-12A, with change 1) regarding preventive maintenance is also attached. The AC as well as the pamphlet are free to download!  Wide distribution is encouraged! 

This is an interactive presentation; audience participation is welcome!

DRIVING IN: From I-4 take exit 25 southbound, make a left turn on Drane Field Road, make a right turn on Waring Road and a right turn on Old Medulla Road which will change to Airside Center Drive. The Polk State College - Aerospace Airside building (big sign is on front of building) will be on your right. Please park in any of the available free parking spots. Additional free parking is available in the adjacent parking lot to the southwest.

FLYING IN: Ask ground control for Sheltair and once there, request a ride to Polk State College Airside which is adjacent to the south side fuel farm.

The event is located in Room ASE102.

Mark Laughridge has been in involved in aviation maintenance for 40 years, with 32 of those years with the FAA. Mark holds an A&P, IA, Commercial Pilot certificate and is a Parachute Senior Rigger and has vast experience in many aspects of both general and commercial aviation. Mark is an FAA Airworthiness Inspector as well as an FAA Safety Team Program Manager for the FAA's Orlando FSDO.

Mark Ducorsky is the 2017 NATIONAL FAA SAFETY TEAM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR and 2016 DISTRICT and REGIONAL Flight Instructor of the Year. Mark is a Designated Pilot Examiner for glider and airplane (single and multi-engine) categories. An ATP, Gold Seal, Master Instructor, CFI-A, CFI-I, CFI-ME, CFI-Glider and Check Instructor. Mark began flight at age 14 and has given over 7,000 hours of flight and ground instruction and spent thousands of hours traveling extensively in a variety of single and multi-engine aircraft throughout North America enjoying single pilot operations throughout all seasons and geographies.

WINGS credit is available for this program. If you wish to receive WINGS credit for attending this seminar, please pre-register at this site. When you pre-register for seminars, you ensure that credit is correctly applied to you. When you arrive, a WINGS credit sheet will be available at the registration desk. The WINGS credit sheet is what actually gets you WINGS credit for attending the event. Make sure you initial it next to your name. You may also obtain WINGS credit by adding your name and email address to the WINGS credit sheet at the seminar, but if you do this, please make sure that the email address you use is registered on www.faasafety.gov and is LEGIBLE! You must have an email address to receive WINGS credit.

For more information on the WINGS program, click on WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program on the www.faasafety.gov site, or ask a FAASTeam Representative for assistance.