CAMP: Manual requirements

If you operate aircraft under a Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP), you must include specific maintenance information in your operating manual.

The manual must contain your organizational chart, a list of outside contractors performing maintenance work, and detailed maintenance programs. These programs must explain how you perform routine and non-routine maintenance, which items require inspection (especially those that could cause safety hazards if done incorrectly), and who's authorized to perform inspections.

Critical requirements include "buy-back" procedures for reinspecting previous work, standards for inspection tools and equipment, and safeguards ensuring inspections actually happen. Importantly, the person who performs work cannot inspect their own work, and inspectors' decisions cannot be overruled except by their own supervisors or higher management overseeing both inspection and maintenance functions.

You must also document what work was done, who did it, and who approved it. The maintenance portion of your manual must be in English and in a format the FAA accepts.

*This is a plain-English summary for study only. The official 14 CFR text on this page is controlling — always read the current regulation and consult a CFI.*