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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 145.213 

(2) Maintaining and revising the con-

tract maintenance information re-
quired by § 145.217(a)(2)(ii) and notifying 
the responsible Flight Standards office 
of revisions to this information, includ-
ing how often the responsible Flight 
Standards office will be notified of re-
visions; 

(i) A description of the required 

records and the recordkeeping system 
used to obtain, store, and retrieve the 
required records; 

(j) Procedures for revising the repair 

station’s manual and notifying its re-
sponsible Flight Standards office of re-
visions to the manual, including how 
often the responsible Flight Standards 
office will be notified of revisions; and 

(k) A description of the system used 

to identify and control sections of the 
repair station manual. 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 145.211 Quality control system. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

establish and maintain a quality con-
trol system acceptable to the FAA that 
ensures the airworthiness of the arti-
cles on which the repair station or any 
of its contractors performs mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations. 

(b) Repair station personnel must fol-

low the quality control system when 
performing maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations under the 
repair station certificate and oper-
ations specifications. 

(c) A certificated repair station must 

prepare and keep current a quality con-
trol manual in a format acceptable to 
the FAA that includes the following: 

(1) A description of the system and 

procedures used for— 

(i) Inspecting incoming raw mate-

rials to ensure acceptable quality; 

(ii) Performing preliminary inspec-

tion of all articles that are maintained; 

(iii) Inspecting all articles that have 

been involved in an accident for hidden 
damage before maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, or alteration is per-
formed; 

(iv) Establishing and maintaining 

proficiency of inspection personnel; 

(v) Establishing and maintaining cur-

rent technical data for maintaining ar-
ticles; 

(vi) Qualifying and surveilling non-

certificated persons who perform main-
tenance, prevention maintenance, or 
alterations for the repair station; 

(vii) Performing final inspection and 

return to service of maintained arti-
cles; 

(viii) Calibrating measuring and test 

equipment used in maintaining arti-
cles, including the intervals at which 
the equipment will be calibrated; and 

(ix) Taking corrective action on defi-

ciencies; 

(2) References, where applicable, to 

the manufacturer’s inspection stand-
ards for a particular article, including 
reference to any data specified by that 
manufacturer; 

(3) A sample of the inspection and 

maintenance forms and instructions 
for completing such forms or a ref-
erence to a separate forms manual; and 

(4) Procedures for revising the qual-

ity control manual required under this 
section and notifying the responsible 
Flight Standards office of the revi-
sions, including how often the respon-
sible Flight Standards office will be no-
tified of revisions. 

(d) A certificated repair station must 

notify its responsible Flight Standards 
office of revisions to its quality control 
manual. 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 145.213 Inspection of maintenance, 

preventive maintenance, or alter-

ations. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

inspect each article upon which it has 
performed maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations as de-
scribed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section before approving that article 
for return to service. 

(b) A certificated repair station must 

certify on an article’s maintenance re-
lease that the article is airworthy with 
respect to the maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations performed 
after— 

(1) The repair station performs work 

on the article; and 

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§ 145.215 

(2) An inspector inspects the article 

on which the repair station has per-
formed work and determines it to be 
airworthy with respect to the work 
performed. 

(c) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) 

and (b) of this section, an inspector 
must meet the requirements of 
§ 145.155. 

(d) Except for individuals employed 

by a repair station located outside the 
United States, only an employee appro-
priately certificated as a mechanic or 
repairman under part 65 is authorized 
to sign off on final inspections and 
maintenance releases for the repair 
station. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR 
46985, Aug. 12, 2014] 

§ 145.215 Capability list. 

(a) A certificated repair station with 

a limited rating may perform mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations on an article if the article is 
listed on a current capability list ac-
ceptable to the FAA or on the repair 
station’s operations specifications. 

(b) The capability list must identify 

each article by make and model or 
other nomenclature designated by the 
article’s manufacturer and be available 
in a format acceptable to the FAA. 

(c) An article may be listed on the 

capability list only if the article is 
within the scope of the ratings of the 
repair station’s certificate, and only 
after the repair station has performed 
a self-evaluation in accordance with 
the procedures under § 145.209(d)(2). The 
repair station must perform this self- 
evaluation to determine that the repair 
station has all of the housing, facili-
ties, equipment, material, technical 
data, processes, and trained personnel 
in place to perform the work on the ar-
ticle as required by part 145. The repair 
station must retain on file documenta-
tion of the evaluation. 

(d) Upon listing an additional article 

on its capability list, the repair station 
must provide its responsible Flight 
Standards office with a copy of the re-
vised list in accordance with the proce-
dures required in § 145.209(d)(1). 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 145.217 Contract maintenance. 

(a) A certificated repair station may 

contract a maintenance function per-
taining to an article to an outside 
source provided— 

(1) The FAA approves the mainte-

nance function to be contracted to the 
outside source; and 

(2) The repair station maintains and 

makes available to its responsible 
Flight Standards office, in a format ac-
ceptable to the FAA, the following in-
formation: 

(i) The maintenance functions con-

tracted to each outside facility; and 

(ii) The name of each outside facility 

to whom the repair station contracts 
maintenance functions and the type of 
certificate and ratings, if any, held by 
each facility. 

(b) A certificated repair station may 

contract a maintenance function per-
taining to an article to a noncertifi-
cated person provided— 

(1) The noncertificated person follows 

a quality control system equivalent to 
the system followed by the certificated 
repair station; 

(2) The certificated repair station re-

mains directly in charge of the work 
performed by the noncertificated per-
son; and 

(3) The certificated repair station 

verifies, by test and/or inspection, that 
the work has been performed satisfac-
torily by the noncertificated person 
and that the article is airworthy before 
approving it for return to service. 

(c) A certificated repair station may 

not provide only approval for return to 
service of a complete type-certificated 
product following contract mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations. 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 145.219 Recordkeeping. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

retain records in English that dem-
onstrate compliance with the require-
ments of part 43. The records must be 
retained in a format acceptable to the 
FAA. 

(b) A certificated repair station must 

provide a copy of the maintenance re-
lease to the owner or operator of the