2023 Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – General: FAA-H-8083-30B (Black & White)

For use in 2026. Released in 2023. Printed in b&w.This is the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General FAA-H-8083-30B. This handbook supersedes FAA-H-8083-30A.The FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician General test questions are drawn from this book.The companion handbooks to the 2023 Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General (FAA-H-8083-30B) are the 2023 Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe Volumes 1 & 2 (FAA-H-8083-31), and the 2023 Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Powerplant (FAA-H-8083-32).Table of Contents:Chapter 1: Safety, Ground Operations, & ServicingChapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & PublicationsChapter 3: Mathematics in Aviation MaintenanceChapter 4: Aircraft DrawingsChapter 5: Physics for AviationChapter 6: Aircraft Weight & BalanceChapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & ProcessesChapter 8: Cleaning & Corrosion ControlChapter 9: Fluid Lines & FittingsChapter 10: Inspection Concepts & TechniquesChapter 11: Hand Tools & Measuring DevicesChapter 12: Fundamentals of Electricity & ElectronicsChapter 13: Mechanic Privileges & LimitationsChapter 14: Human FactorsGlossaryIndexThe Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General (FAA-H-8083-30B) was developed as one of a series of three handbooks for persons preparing for mechanic certification with airframe or powerplant ratings, or both. It is intended that this handbook will provide basic information on principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures in the subject matter areas common to both the airframe and powerplant ratings. The emphasis in this volume is on theory and methods of application.The handbook is designed to aid students enrolled in a formal course of instruction preparing for FAA certification as a maintenance technician as well as for current aviation maintenance technicians (AMT) who wish to improve their knowledge. This volume contains information on mathematics, aircraft drawings, weight and balance, aircraft materials, processes and tools, physics, electricity, inspection, ground operations, and FAA regulations governing the certification and work of maintenance technicians. New to this volume is a section addressing how successful aviation maintenance technicians (AMT) incorporate knowledge and awareness of ethics, professionalism, and human factors in the field. Read more