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Annual inspection
- Scope
- Annual depth
- Frequency
- Once per year
- Turnaround
- 1-2 weeks
- Signoff
- A&P with IA
- Best for
- Every owner, every year
SERVICE CATALOGALPHA COMPANY AVIATIONSHEET 01/11
Shop · Live · Accepting workA catalog of what we sign off, sorted by scope. Use the index on the right to jump to the service. Use the comparator further down to put two or three of them side by side.
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Authorized Service Center
Aircraft on ground work is time-critical. Our mobile units are tooled for piston work and dispatched across the Southeast 24 hours a day, whether you are grounded at your home field or at an airport you have never landed at before. Call the line any hour and a real person picks up.
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Tap any two or three of the services below. The comparison panel shows scope, turnaround, signoff authority, and notes for each. Helps when an owner isn't sure which line item they need.
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S.01 · Annual inspection
The annual inspection is the once-a-year check every certificated aircraft needs to stay airworthy. We work to manufacturer specifications and FAA inspection requirements, signed by an A&P with Inspection Authorization. You get a written squawk sheet, a plain-language logbook entry, and a phone call before we open anything we didn't quote.
What's included: full airframe inspection, engine compression and oil filter cut, propeller hub and blade inspection, control surface and rigging check, landing gear and brake check, instrument and ELT test where applicable, AD compliance check against the FAA AD database, and a logbook entry that holds up to any subsequent IA reviewing your records. Squawk work is quoted separately and only authorized when you say yes.
S.02 · 100-hour inspection
If your aircraft carries persons or property for hire, or gives flight instruction for hire, FAR 91.409(b) requires a 100-hour inspection in addition to the annual. The checklist is functionally the same; the signoff difference is that any A&P can sign a 100-hour, while only an IA can sign an annual.
We run 100-hour inspections on aircraft in commercial service across the Southeast. Flight schools, charter operators, and rental fleets are all welcome, and we keep a fleet flying at our KDED base so we know the cadence. We schedule around your duty days, not the other way around. The full drop-off process stays the same; only the regulatory signature line differs.
S.03 · AOG mobile response
AOG service gets a grounded airplane flying again instead of sitting on a ramp overnight. That ramp might be your home field or an unfamiliar FBO a few states from your hangar. Our mobile units are stocked for piston work and dispatched across the Southeast, with a stated response window that we hit. Call the AOG line any hour and someone answers.
What we handle on a ramp call: dead battery, starter, alternator and electrical squawks, magneto issues, oil leaks, brake bleeds, tire changes, ignition timing, vacuum pump replacement, simple fuel system work, basic instrument swaps. What we won't do on a ramp call is sign off a finding that needs hangar time and a real teardown to verify. If your airplane needs more than a field repair, we'll get you ferry-permittable and home.
S.04 · Pre-buy inspection
A pre-buy runs as deep as an annual, so you know exactly what you are buying before you wire the money. These are independent pre-purchase inspections for buyers, on aircraft anywhere in the Southeast. The report is written for the buyer and shared with the seller only if the buyer says so.
What we look at: airframe condition, corrosion, compression test, oil filter cut, propeller and prop hub condition, landing gear and brakes, controls and rigging, avionics functional check, AD compliance status, logbook continuity and major repair history, paint and interior condition, and an estimate of the near-term reserve maintenance you can expect in the first 100 hours. If you want, we can also help you find the airplane in the first place through our brokering, then check the one you're about to buy.
S.05 · Robinson helicopter service
Alpha Company Aviation is a Robinson Authorized Service Center, authorized on the R44. The shop is staffed and tooled around the R44 family, and we maintain other helicopters too. We schedule and coordinate the 12-year and 2,200-hour overhaul cycle. Inspections, scheduled components, dynamic balancing, and Safety Notice tracking are all in-house.
This catalog page summarizes the R44 work. The full breakdown lives on the dedicated R44 page, including a multi-view blueprint, sticky anatomy walk-through, lifecycle clock, and vibration signature visualization. Look us up under Service Centers at robinsonheli.com.
S.06 · Owner-assisted maintenance
Owner-assisted maintenance is a long-standing tradition in general aviation. Under 14 CFR 43.3(d) the owner of an aircraft may perform maintenance under the direct supervision of a certificated mechanic, who then signs the work off. The owner saves money, learns the airplane, and gets to know the person signing the logbook.
We welcome owner-assist on annuals, oil changes, panel access, control rigging checks, brake bleeds, magneto timing, spark plug rotation, and most squawk work that doesn't require a special-purpose certification. Tell us at scheduling that you want to wrench. We block extra hangar time, set up tools, and slow the pace down so it's a real learning day.
S.07 · Powerplant work
A lot of our powerplant work is piston: Lycoming O-235, O-320, O-360, O-540, IO-540 and the equivalent Continental engines. Cylinder work, mag overhaul, ignition and fuel system, oil cooler, starter and alternator, prop strike inspection, intake and exhaust. The team handles it day in and day out.
We work on turbine and turboprop aircraft and engines too. Bring us the inspection, the fluid change, the squawk, or the bigger job, and we'll work it through with you. On the rare job that truly calls for a specialist, we pull one in and stay on the file from start to finish. The full engines section on the home page lays out the scope.
S.08 · Private engagements
Some owners would rather keep the airplane separate from the rest of their life, from imaging crews to people who just don't want their business talked about. We keep client work in the shop and don't repeat it outside it. That covers who you are and what we did, not whether the airplane is airworthy. Note it on your work order and we take it from there.