Dan wrote in news:0dd3237e-93b6-4d0b-889e-d81bbcaf82d7
@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

Help!

I'm looking for the reference that IAs use to determine if an airplane
is airworthy despite missing a cowling screw, having wing tip cracks,
or a missing piece of carpeting.

It's called the configuration deviation list, or CDL

Bertie