Safety · Maintenance · Insurance
The Parts Most Operators Do Not Publish
You are about to fly an airplane you did not maintain, insured by a company you have not met. Here is how both are handled, in writing, before you ask.
Maintenance program
Inspection Cadence
Annual inspection
Every 12 calendar months by an FAA-certificated A&P with Inspection Authorization. The aircraft does not fly one day past due.
100-hour inspection
Flown to a 100-hour cycle even where Part 91 does not require it. Rental airframes work harder than private ones and are inspected accordingly.
Oil and filter
Every 50 hours, with an oil analysis sample sent on each change. Trending metals is how you catch an engine before it catches you.
ELT, transponder, static, pitot
Tracked on the calendar required by 91.207, 91.411 and 91.413. Current dates are in the aircraft binder and on the fleet page.
AD compliance
Airworthiness Directives are reviewed at every inspection and logged. Compliance status travels with the airframe logbook.
Current inspection dates and times remaining for each tail are listed on the fleet page. Ask to see the logbooks at any time — the binder lives in the hangar and we will open it.
Squawks
Grounding Authority Sits With The Pilot
01
Anyone can ground the airplane
Any renter may write a squawk. A squawk marked airworthiness-affecting grounds the tail immediately — no negotiation, no manager override.
02
Squawks are recorded, not passed along
Written in your account against the tail and the Hobbs reading. Nothing is handled verbally on the ramp.
03
Return to service is signed
A grounded aircraft returns to the line only after the repair is signed off by the mechanic and the logbook entry is filed.
04
Your booking is not our priority
If your slot is on a grounded aircraft, it is cancelled and refunded or moved. Block hours are never consumed by a maintenance cancellation.
Insurance
Two Policies, Always
Operator coverage
Onyx Aviation LLC carries hull and liability coverage on every aircraft.
Renter requirement
Every renter carries their own non-owned aircraft policy naming liability and hull damage cover at or above the minimum published for that tail.
Why both
The operator policy protects the airplane. Your renter policy protects you from the deductible and from third-party claims. Neither substitutes for the other.
Proof on file
A current declarations page is uploaded to your account before your first booking is approved, and re-verified at renewal.
Operating rule
Part 91, Renter As PIC
Hobbs Aviation does not hold an air carrier or commercial operator certificate and does not offer flight training, charter, sightseeing, or air taxi. Every flight is conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 with you, the renter, acting as pilot in command and holding final authority for the operation of the aircraft under 91.3.
If you need a checkout, endorsement or rating, hire an independent instructor. Several work out of KPGD and we will happily give you names.
Renter minimumsSomething not covered here
Ask Before You Book, Not After
We would rather answer twenty questions than have you guess at one. Email bookings@hobbsair.com or use the dispatch assistant in the corner of any page.