Instructions for Continued Airworthiness are documents prepared by which party and approved by the FAA?

• A. A document prepared by the operator of a helicopter and approved by the FAA that explains the maintenance that will be performed, described in 14 CFR Part 27, Appendix A.
• B. A generic helicopter maintenance checklist.
• C. An FAA instruction manual for helicopter airworthiness.
• D. A form used to report rotor blade corrosion.

Answer: (A)

Instructions for Continued Airworthiness are the maintenance program that keeps a helicopter airworthy. They are prepared by the operator and approved by the FAA, as described in 14 CFR Part 27 Appendix A. This document explains the maintenance tasks and inspection intervals that must be performed to maintain the aircraft in compliance with airworthiness requirements, and it becomes part of the aircraft’s approved design data once the FAA approves it. A generic maintenance checklist isn’t specific to the aircraft or formally approved as the ICA, an FAA instruction manual for helicopter airworthiness isn’t the defined ICA, and a form for rotor blade corrosion is simply a reporting form, not the approved maintenance program.