Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement to Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350

reference to applicable regulations. Unless such an entry is superseded by an item in this Supplement, all references should be made to the applicable Canadian regulations. This MMEL Supplement uses the standard four column format as referenced in the Transport Canada MMEL/MEL Policy and Procedures Manual (TP 9155E). This MMEL supplement uses the same format, definitions and symbols as the FAA Approved MMEL. Items which have no MMEL relief (i.e. relief withdrawn) are not categorized. Comments and inquiries should be directed to: Transport Canada Chief, Flight Test – AARDC Aircraft Certification 330 Sparks St. Tower C, 3rd Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N8 TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 22-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 22 AUTO FLIGHT 1. Autopilot System Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 3. Autopilot Disconnect Functions (Quick Release Controls) C 2 1 One may be inoperative provided: a) No change from FAA MMEL, b) No change from FAA MMEL, and c) The pilot flying has the operative disconnect. B 2 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 4. Autopilot Disconnect Warning System B 1 0 May be inoperative provided the autopilot is not used. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 23-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 23 COMMUNICATIONS 1. Communication System (VHF and UHF) Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 3. Cockpit Speaker C 1 0 May be inoperative provided: a) Procedures are not dependent on their use, b) Headsets are installed and used by each person on flight deck duty, c) All aural alerts, messages and other communication which are normally routed through the flight deck speaker must be audible through the headsets, and d) A spare headset must be readily available for crew use. 4. Audio Amplifier C 1 0 May be inoperative provided: a) Procedures are not dependent on their use, b) Headsets are installed and used by each person on flight deck duty, c) All aural alerts, messages and other communication which are normally routed through the flight deck speaker must be audible through the headsets, and d) A spare headset must be readily available for crew use. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 23-2 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 23 COMMUNICATIONS 6. Cockpit Voice Recorder A) If CVR and FDR required by regulations A 1 0 May be inoperative provided: a) The Flight Data Recorder is operative, and b) Repairs are made within three flight days. B) If only CVR required by regulations A 1 0 May be inoperative provided repairs are made within three flight days. C) If CVR not required by regulations D 1 0 9. Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) A) Survival Type ELTs *** D - - No change from FAA MMEL. B) Fixed ELTs *** A - 0 (M) May be inoperative provided : a) Placard is displayed in the flight deck indicating the date the ELT has been removed, and b) Repair or replacement is made within the time interval prescribed by regulations. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 25-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 25 EQUIPMENT / FURNISHINGS 5. Passenger Convenience Items / Non-Essential Equipment & Furnishings (NEF) NOTE 1: Operators are to select either Passenger Convenience Items or NEF in their MELs. NOTE 2: For operators with NEF defect rectification and control procedures, refer to sub-item (B) (NEF) only. A) Passenger Convenience *** Items - 0 Passenger convenience items as expressed in this MMEL are those related to passenger convenience, comfort or entertainment. Items addressed elsewhere in this document shall not be included. (M) and (O) procedures may be required and included in the MEL. B) Non-Essential Equipment *** & Furnishings (NEF) - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 6. Emergency Medical Equipment A) Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and/or Associated Equipment A - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. D - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. B) Emergency Medical Kit (EMK) and/or Associated Equipment A - 0 (O) May be incomplete or missing provided: a) No change from FAA MMEL, and b) Replacements are made within one flight. D - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 25-2 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 25 EQUIPMENT / FURNISHINGS 6. Emergency Medical Equipment (cont’d) B) Emergency Medical Kit (EMK) and/or Associated Equipment (cont’d) 1) Emergency Medical Kit Seal B - - (O) The seal affixed on the exterior of the emergency medical kit may be missing or broken provided: a) The equipment medical kit is fully equipped, b) The kit includes a list of its contents, c) An inventory is taken on the content of the kit prior to departure, and d) Procedures are established and used to alert crew members of: 1) The missing or broken seal, and 2) The need to perform an inventory under proviso c). C) First Aid Kits (FAK) and/or Associated Equipment D - - (O) Any kit or items contained in the kit in excess of those required by regulations may be incomplete or missing provided: a) Required distribution is maintained, and b) Procedures are established and used to alert crew members of missing or incomplete kits. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 25-3 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 25 EQUIPMENT / FURNISHINGS 6. Emergency Medical Equipment (cont’d) C) First Aid Kit (FAK) and/or Associated Equipment (cont’d) 1) First Aid Kit Seal (Required First Aid Kits) A - - (O) The seal affixed on the exterior of any required first aid kit may be missing or broken for three flight days provided: a) The first aid kit is fully equipped or the kit has a maximum of one missing item, b) The kit includes a list of its contents, c) An inventory is taken on the contents of the kit prior to departure, and d) Procedures are established and used to alert crew members of: 1) The missing or broken seal, and 2) The need to perform an inventory under proviso c). 8. “Fasten Seat Belt While Seated”, Signs or Placards Deleted. 9. Pilot Seat Adjustments Deleted. 10. Exterior Lavatory Door Ashtray Deleted. 11. Lavatory NO SMOKING Placard Deleted. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 26-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 26 FIRE PROTECTION 1. Portable Fire Extinguisher D - - (M)(O) Any in excess of those required by regulations may be inoperative or missing provided: a) Inoperative fire extinguisher(s) is removed from the passenger cabin and flight deck, and its location is placarded “INOPERATIVE”, or it is removed from the installed location, secured out of sight and the fire extinguisher and its installed location are placarded “INOPERATIVE”, b) Required distribution is maintained in the passenger compartment and flight deck, and c) Procedures are established and used to alert crew members of missing portable fire extinguishers. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 27-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 27 FLIGHT CONTROLS 6. Rudder Pedal Adjustment Deleted. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 28-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 28 FUEL 4. Fuel Quantity Indicators C 2 1 (M)(O) One may be inoperative provided: a) All fuel tanks are completely filled with fuel, b) Both Fuel Flow Indicators are operative, and c) Both Fuel Flow Warning Lights are operative. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 30-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 30 ICE & RAIN PROTECTION 1. Pitot Heaters B 2 1 Except where enroute operations require its use, one may be inoperative provided: a) Flight is conducted in day VMC, b) Flight is not conducted in visible moisture, and c) Flight is not conducted in known or forecast icing conditions. 3. Windshield Heater C 1 0 (M) May be inoperative provided: a) Flight is not conducted in known or forecast icing conditions, b) Defrost system operates normally, and c) Windshield heater is deactivated. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 01 Page: Date: Apr. 13, 2004 31-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 31 INDICATING / RECORDING SYSTEMS 1. Clock with Sweep Second hand or Electric Digital Clock C 1 0 Aircraft clock may be inoperative provided a reliable and functioning timepiece is readily available to all flight deck crew members. 3. Flight Data Recorder (FDR) *** D 1 0 TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 33-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 33 LIGHTS 1. Anti–Collision Light System C 1 0 May be inoperative for day operations. C 1 0 May be inoperative provided Strobe Light System is operative. 3. Cockpit / Flight Deck / Flight Compartment and Instrument Lighting System C - - No change from FAA MMEL. D - 0 May be inoperative for day operations. 6. Wing Ice Detection Light Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 7. Passenger Lighted Information Signs C - - (O) May be inoperative provided alternate procedures are established and used to notify cabin occupants. 9. Logo Lights *** D 2 0 TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 1. Altimeters Barometric Pressure (Adjustable) B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. NOTE: No change from FAA MMEL. 2. Airspeed Indicators B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. NOTE: No change from FAA MMEL. 3. Gyroscopic Pitch and Bank Indicator Systems B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. 4. Gyroscopic Directional Indicator Systems B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. A) Compass Magnetic Modes B 2 1 (O) One may be inoperative for flights within areas of magnetic reliability provided: a) Compass system operates normally in free gyro mode, and b) Free gyro mode is converted to magnetic mode using operative magnetic heading information. B 2 0 (O) One or both may be inoperative for flights that are entirely within areas of magnetic unreliability provided two stabilized directional gyro systems operate normally and are used in conjunction with free gyro navigation techniques. B) Compass Free Gyro Modes B 2 0 (O) One or both may be inoperative for flights that are entirely within areas of magnetic reliability (areas south of Northern Domestic Airspace). TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-2 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 5. Gyroscopic Rate of Turn / Slip Skid Indicators B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. B 2 0 May be inoperative on both sides for day VMC. 6. Vertical Speed Indicators B 2 1 May be inoperative on right side for single pilot operations. B 2 0 May be inoperative on both sides for day VMC. 7. Flight Director Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 8. Radio Altimeter Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 9. Weather Radar / Thunderstorm Detection Equipment D 1 0 Any in excess of those required by regulations may be inoperative. 10. ATC Transponder and Automatic Altitude Reporting Systems Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 11. Marker Beacon D 1 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 13. Navigation Equipment Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-3 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 14. Altitude Alerting System A 1 0 (O) Except where enroute operations require its use, may be inoperative provided: a) Autopilot altitude hold is operative, and b) Repairs are made within three flight days. 15. DME Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL. 16. ADF D 1 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 18. Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) A) Class B TAWS Equipment 1) Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) A 1 0 (O) May be inoperative provided: a) Alternate procedures are established and used, and b) Repairs are made within three flight days. a) Modes 1 & 3 A 2 0 (O) May be inoperative provided: a) Alternate procedures are established and used, and b) Repairs are made within three flight days. b) Test Mode A 1 0 May be inoperative provided: a) GPWS is considered inoperative, and b) Repairs are made within three flight days. c) Modes 2, 4 & 5 *** C 3 0 TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-4 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 18. Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) (cont’d) A) Class B TAWS Equipment (cont’d) 1) Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) (cont’d) d) Advisory Callouts C - 0 (O) Maybe inoperative provided alternate procedures are established and used. e) Windshear Mode *** (Reactive) C 1 0 (O) May be inoperative provided: a) Alternate procedures are established and used, and b) Takeoffs and landings are not conducted in known or forecast windshear conditions. 2) Terrain System – Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA) and Premature Descent Alert (PDA) Functions C 1 0 3) Terrain Displays *** C - 0 4) Runway Awareness & *** Advisory System (RAAS) C 1 0 B) Class C TAWS Equipment 1) TAWS / GPWS *** C 1 0 No change from FAA MMEL. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-5 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 19. Non-Stabilized Magnetic Compass B 1 0 No change from FAA MMEL. B 1 0 (O) May be inoperative provided: a) Any combination of two gyro or INS (IRU) stabilized compass systems operate normally, and b) Aircraft is operated: (1) With dual independent navigation capability, and (2) Under positive radar control by ATC during the en-route flight phase, or one of the navigation systems is a TSO’d GPS which provides track information. C 1 0 No change from FAA MMEL. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-6 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 20. Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS I) B - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. C - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. A) TCAS Display System(s) C - 0 May be inoperative provided all installed audio functions are operative. 23. Flight Management System A) Navigation Databases C - - (O) May be out of currency provided: a) No change from FAA MMEL, b) No change from FAA MMEL, c) No change from FAA MMEL, and d) Approaches are not conducted using associated system. 24. Flight Management System A) Navigation Databases C - - (O) May be out of currency provided: a) No change from FAA MMEL, b) No change from FAA MMEL, c) No change from FAA MMEL, and d) Approaches are not conducted using associated system. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 34-7 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 34 NAVIGATION 27. Windshear Detection, Guidance and Avoidance System A) Installation Required by Regulations 1) Windshear Warning and *** Flight Guidance System (Reactive) C - 0 (O) May be inoperative provided: a) Alternate procedures are established and used, and b) Takeoff and landings are not conducted in known or forecast windshear conditions. C - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 2) Windshear Detection and *** Avoidance System (Predictive) B - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. C - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. B) Installation Not Required by Regulations 1) Windshear Warning and *** Flight Guidance System (Reactive) D - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. 2) Windshear Detection and *** Avoidance System (Predictive) D - 0 No change from FAA MMEL. TRANSPORT CANADA Master Minimum Equipment List Supplement Aircraft: Piper Aircraft PA-31, PA-31-300, 325, 350 Revision No. 02 Page: Date: Jan. 06, 2015 35-1 System & 1. 2. Number Installed Sequence 3. Number Required for Dispatch Numbers 4. Remarks or Exceptions 35 OXYGEN 1. Oxygen System (Passengers) Deleted. Refer to FAA MMEL.