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42.1 Introduction It is important that airport management officials, staff, and others responsible for maintaining airports have an appreciation of what preventive maintenance is, its importance, and how to go about developing and implementing a PM program at their airport. This chapter provides an over view of preventive maintenance for general aviation airports and will answer questions such as: • What is preventive maintenance and how does it relate to other types of maintenance?
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Preventive Maintenance -- An Overview 5 in earlier replacement. This results in an increased capital cost in the long run.
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6 Preventive Maintenance at General Aviation Airports The other reasons discussed here for preventive maintenance have an economic effect too. An aircraft or personal accident related to poor airport maintenance is not only tragic but can be costly to the airport owner.
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Preventive Maintenance -- An Overview 7 million to $5 million for the premature failure of the pavement caused by the lack of preventive maintenance. In addition to this pavement example, a roof can be used to generally demonstrate the value of maintenance.
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8 Preventive Maintenance at General Aviation Airports Airports owned by a city or county often have access to nonairport resources for some main tenance activities. These activities include motor vehicle fleet maintenance, public works staff to help maintain HVAC or buildings, and routine maintenance such as lawn mowing and cleaning ditches.
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Preventive Maintenance -- An Overview 9 2.5 Principles of a Preventive Maintenance Program There are certain principles that help guide the development of an airport's preventive main tenance program. These principles provide direction to an airport that has no program and will help airports evaluate and improve existing programs.
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