Preventative maintenance and some simple repairs to light aircraft are permitted to be done by the owner/pilot at any point and/or under the guise of an owner accomplished mid term inspection.

This video describes and demonstrates various maintenance procedures which are permitted to be done by an owner/pilot under FAR Part 43, and details a typical mid term inspection to the airframe, powerplant and avionics. Some tasks covered are battery service, troubleshooting and repairing lighting systems, tire changing, wheel service, servicing landing gear struts, spark plug service, and a segment on safety wire use.