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Defect Assessment
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| Category: | Airworthiness | 
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Definition
The process by which a defect identified on or reported as existing on an aircraft is assessed to determine what action is going to be required to rectify the defect and, if appropriate, whether the aircraft can continue to fly pending rectification. Usually, this assessment will be made by an LAE with appropriate certifying approvals, who may decide that rectification must be accomplished before further flight or that it is allowable under the provisions of the aircraft MEL or CDL. If the latter applies, then an ADD will be raised in the Aircraft Technical Log. At locations where no LAE is available and the provisions of the aircraft MEL allow, it may be possible for an aircraft commander to raise an ADD for further assessment by an LAE after a subsequent flight, although since an aircraft commander has no authority to certify an aircraft release to service, such action is taken under the terms of the Captain's Aircraft Acceptance.