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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)

§ 135.427

preventive maintenance, or alteration
that is to be performed at each loca-
tion. The list must be updated with
any changes, including additions or de-
letions, and the updated list provided
to the FAA in a format acceptable to
the FAA by the last day of each cal-
endar month.

[Docket FAA–2011–1136, Amdt. 135–132, 80 FR
11547, Mar. 4, 2015, as amended by Docket
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 135–139, 83 FR 9175,
Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 135.427 Manual requirements.

(a) Each certificate holder shall put

in its manual the chart or description
of the certificate holder’s organization
required by § 135.423 and a list of per-
sons with whom it has arranged for the
performance of any of its required in-
spections, other maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, or alterations, in-
cluding a general description of that
work.

(b) Each certificate holder shall put

in its manual the programs required by
§ 135.425 that must be followed in per-
forming maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations of that
certificate holder’s aircraft, including
airframes, aircraft engines, propellers,
rotors, appliances, emergency equip-
ment, and parts, and must include at
least the following:

(1) The method of performing routine

and nonroutine maintenance (other
than required inspections), preventive
maintenance, and alterations.

(2) A designation of the items of

maintenance and alteration that must
be inspected (required inspections) in-
cluding at least those that could result
in a failure, malfunction, or defect en-
dangering the safe operation of the air-
craft, if not performed properly or if
improper parts or materials are used.

(3) The method of performing re-

quired inspections and a designation by
occupational title of personnel author-
ized to perform each required inspec-
tion.

(4) Procedures for the reinspection of

work performed under previous re-
quired inspection findings (

buy-back

procedures

(5) Procedures, standards, and limits

necessary for required inspections and
acceptance or rejection of the items re-
quired to be inspected and for periodic

inspection and calibration of precision
tools, measuring devices, and test
equipment.

(6) Procedures to ensure that all re-

quired inspections are performed.

(7) Instructions to prevent any per-

son who performs any item of work
from performing any required inspec-
tion of that work.

(8) Instructions and procedures to

prevent any decision of an inspector re-
garding any required inspection from
being countermanded by persons other
than supervisory personnel of the in-
spection unit, or a person at the level
of administrative control that has
overall responsibility for the manage-
ment of both the required inspection
functions and the other maintenance,
preventive maintenance, and alter-
ations functions.

(9) Procedures to ensure that re-

quired inspections, other maintenance,
preventive maintenance, and alter-
ations that are not completed as a re-
sult of work interruptions are properly
completed before the aircraft is re-
leased to service.

(10) Policies, procedures, methods,

and instructions for the accomplish-
ment of all maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations carried
out by a maintenance provider. These
policies, procedures, methods, and in-
structions must be acceptable to the
FAA and ensure that, when followed by
the maintenance provider, the mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, and al-
terations are performed in accordance
with the certificate holder’s mainte-
nance program and maintenance man-
ual.

in its manual a suitable system (which
may include a coded system) that pro-
vides for the retention of the following
information—

(1) A description (or reference to data

acceptable to the Administrator) of the
work performed;

(2) The name of the person per-

forming the work if the work is per-
formed by a person outside the organi-
zation of the certificate holder; and

(3) The name or other positive identi-

fication of the individual approving the
work.

(d) For the purposes of this part, the

certificate holder must prepare that

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 135.431

part of its manual containing mainte-
nance information and instructions, in
whole or in part, in printed form or
other form, acceptable to the Adminis-
trator, that is retrievable in the
English language.

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–66, 62 FR 13257, Mar.
19, 1997; 69 FR 18472, Apr. 8, 2004; Amdt. 135–
118, 74 FR 38522, Aug. 4, 2009; Docket FAA–
2011–1136, Amdt. 135–132, 80 FR 11547, Mar. 4,
2015]

§ 135.429 Required inspection per-

sonnel.

(a) No person may use any person to

perform required inspections unless the
person performing the inspection is ap-
propriately certificated, properly
trained, qualified, and authorized to do
so.

(b) No person may allow any person

to perform a required inspection un-
less, at the time, the person performing
that inspection is under the super-
vision and control of an inspection
unit.

inspection if that person performed the
item of work required to be inspected.

(d) In the case of rotorcraft that op-

erate in remote areas or sites, the Ad-
ministrator may approve procedures
for the performance of required inspec-
tion items by a pilot when no other
qualified person is available, pro-
vided—

(1) The pilot is employed by the cer-

tificate holder;

(2) It can be shown to the satisfaction

of the Administrator that each pilot
authorized to perform required inspec-
tions is properly trained and qualified;

(3) The required inspection is a result

of a mechanical interruption and is not
a part of a certificate holder’s contin-
uous airworthiness maintenance pro-
gram;

(4) Each item is inspected after each

flight until the item has been inspected
by an appropriately certificated me-
chanic other than the one who origi-
nally performed the item of work; and

(5) Each item of work that is a re-

quired inspection item that is part of
the flight control system shall be flight
tested and reinspected before the air-
craft is approved for return to service.

(e) Each certificate holder shall

maintain, or shall determine that each
person with whom it arranges to per-
form its required inspections main-
tains, a current listing of persons who
have been trained, qualified, and au-
thorized to conduct required inspec-
tions. The persons must be identified
by name, occupational title and the in-
spections that they are authorized to
perform. The certificate holder (or per-
son with whom it arranges to perform
its required inspections) shall give
written information to each person so
authorized, describing the extent of
that person’s responsibilities, authori-
ties, and inspectional limitations. The
list shall be made available for inspec-
tion by the Administrator upon re-
quest.

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–20, 51 FR 40710, Nov. 7,
1986]

§ 135.431 Continuing analysis and sur-

veillance.

(a) Each certificate holder shall es-

tablish and maintain a system for the
continuing analysis and surveillance of
the performance and effectiveness of
its inspection program and the pro-
gram covering other maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, and alterations
and for the correction of any deficiency
in those programs, regardless of wheth-
er those programs are carried out by
the certificate holder or by another
person.

(b) Whenever the Administrator finds

that either or both of the programs de-
scribed in paragraph (a) of this section
does not contain adequate procedures
and standards to meet this part, the
certificate holder shall, after notifica-
tion by the Administrator, make
changes in those programs requested
by the Administrator.

the Administrator to reconsider the
notice to make a change in a program.
The petition must be filed with the re-
sponsible Flight Standards office with-
in 30 days after the certificate holder
receives the notice. Except in the case
of an emergency requiring immediate
action in the interest of safety, the fil-
ing of the petition stays the notice