System and method to auto create aircraft maintenance records by aircraft data

A maintenance record creation module configured to automatically create aircraft maintenance records and work logs during aircraft maintenance operations, the maintenance record creation module comprising one or more processors on an aircraft configured by programming instructions on non-transient computer readable media, the maintenance record creation module configured to:

• retrieve fault data, testing data, maintenance data, and status data regarding line replaceable units (LRUs) on an aircraft via a central maintenance computer (CMC) on the aircraft;
• automatically collect, from a remote terminal on the aircraft, data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal;
• automatically record, in a maintenance database, the fault data, testing data, maintenance data, status data, and data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal;
• and
• automatically populate, using data in the maintenance database, information in a plurality of fields in a maintenance work log.

An aircraft equipped with a maintenance system configured to automatically create aircraft maintenance records and work logs during aircraft maintenance operations, the aircraft comprising:

• a plurality of line replaceable units (LRUs);
• a central maintenance computer (CMC) configured to communicate with the LRUs via an avionics system communication bus;
• and
• a remote terminal on the aircraft configured to:
• retrieve fault data, testing data, maintenance data, and status data regarding the LRUs via the CMC;
• automatically collect data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal;
• automatically record in a maintenance database the fault data, testing data, maintenance data, status data, and data regarding maintenance operations performed using the remote terminal;
• automatically populate, using data in the maintenance database, information in a plurality of fields in a maintenance work log;
• automatically generate a report identifying data recorded in the maintenance database during the performance of maintenance operations;
• automatically update, using data in the maintenance database, fields in a listing of life limited parts;
• and
• automatically alert a maintainer to complete certain pre-determined fields not automatically populated by the processor but mandated for completion by governing authority.