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minimum equipment list
- Definição1
- A document approved by the Minister pursuant to CAR 605.07(3) that authorizes an operator to operate an aircraft with aircraft equipment that is inoperative under the conditions specified therein and that may specify certain equipment that must be operative.
- Fonte1
- TRANSPORT CANADA. Civil aviation terminology system (CATS). Ottawa, 2009. Disponível em: http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/cats-stac/c_s.aspx?lang=eng. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2011.
- Definição2
- A list developed for larger aircraft that outlines equipment that can be inoperative for various types of flight including IFR and icing conditions. This list is based on the master minimum equipment list (MMEL) developed by the FAA and must be approved by the FAA for use. It is specific to an individual aircraft make and model.
- Fonte2
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 4th ed. Newcastle: ASA, 2006.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: operation of aircraft. Part I: international commercial air transport: aeroplanes. 9th ed. Montreal, 2010.
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: MEL.
- Contexto
- The basic purpose of the minimum equipment list is to permit the safe operation of an aircraft with inoperative systems or equipment within the framework of a controlled and sound programme of repairs and parts replacement.
- Subárea
- Airworthiness
- Related Term
- master minimum equipment list
- Français
- liste minimale d’équipements