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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 121.365
the certificate holder of the responsi-
bility specified in paragraph (a) of this
section.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19210, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–106, 38 FR 22378, Aug.
20, 1973]
§ 121.365 Maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alteration organi-
zation.
(a) Each certificate holder that per-
forms any of its maintenance (other
than required inspections), preventive
maintenance, or alterations, and each
person with whom it arranges for the
performance of that work must have an
organization adequate to perform the
work.
(b) Each certificate holder that per-
forms any inspections required by its
manual in accordance with
§ 121.369(b)(2) or (3) (in this subpart re-
ferred to as
required inspections
) and
each person with whom it arranges for
the performance of that work must
have an organization adequate to per-
form that work.
(c) Each person performing required
inspections in addition to other main-
tenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations, shall organize the perform-
ance of those functions so as to sepa-
rate the required inspection functions
from the other maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, and alteration func-
tions. The separation shall be below
the level of administrative control at
which overall responsibility for the re-
quired inspection functions and other
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alteration functions are exercised.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19210, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–3, 30 FR 3639, Mar. 19,
1965]
§ 121.367 Maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations pro-
grams.
Each certificate holder shall have an
inspection program and a program cov-
ering other maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations that en-
sures that—
(a) Maintenance, preventive mainte-
nance, and alterations performed by it,
or by other persons, are performed in
accordance with the certificate hold-
er’s manual;
(b) Competent personnel and ade-
quate facilities and equipment are pro-
vided for the proper performance of
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alterations; and
(c) Each aircraft released to service
is airworthy and has been properly
maintained for operation under this
part.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19210, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–100, 37 FR 28053, Dec.
20, 1972]
§ 121.368 Contract maintenance.
(a) A certificate holder may arrange
with another person for the perform-
ance of maintenance, preventive main-
tenance, and alterations as authorized
in § 121.379(a) only if the certificate
holder has met all the requirements in
this section. For purposes of this sec-
tion—
(1) A
maintenance provider
is any per-
son who performs maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, or an alteration for
a certificate holder other than a person
who is trained by and employed di-
rectly by that certificate holder.
(2)
Covered work
means any of the fol-
lowing:
(i) Essential maintenance that could
result in a failure, malfunction, or de-
fect endangering the safe operation of
an aircraft if not performed properly or
if improper parts or materials are used;
(ii) Regularly scheduled mainte-
nance; or
(iii) A required inspection item on an
aircraft.
(3)
Directly in charge
means having re-
sponsibility for covered work per-
formed by a maintenance provider. A
representative of the certificate holder
directly in charge of covered work does
not need to physically observe and di-
rect each maintenance provider con-
stantly, but must be available for con-
sultation on matters requiring instruc-
tion or decision.
(b) Each certificate holder must be
directly in charge of all covered work
done for it by a maintenance provider.
(c) Each maintenance provider must
perform all covered work in accordance
with the certificate holder’s mainte-
nance manual.
(d) No maintenance provider may
perform covered work unless that work
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§ 121.369
is carried out under the supervision
and control of the certificate holder.
(e) Each certificate holder who con-
tracts for maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations must de-
velop and implement policies, proce-
dures, methods, and instructions for
the accomplishment of all contracted
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alterations. These policies, proce-
dures, methods, and instructions must
provide for the maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, and alterations to be
performed in accordance with the cer-
tificate holder’s maintenance program
and maintenance manual.
(f) Each certificate holder who con-
tracts for maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations must en-
sure that its system for the continuing
analysis and surveillance of the main-
tenance, preventive maintenance, and
alterations carried out by the mainte-
nance provider, as required by
§ 121.373(a), contains procedures for
oversight of all contracted covered
work.
(g) The policies, procedures, methods,
and instructions required by para-
graphs (e) and (f) of this section must
be acceptable to the FAA and included
in the certificate holder’s maintenance
manual as required by§ 121.369(b)(10).
(h) Each certificate holder who con-
tracts for maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations must pro-
vide to its responsible Flight Standards
office, in a format acceptable to the
FAA, a list that includes the name and
physical (street) address, or addresses,
where the work is carried out for each
maintenance provider that performs
work for the certificate holder, and a
description of the type of maintenance,
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. 121–371, 80 FR
11546, Mar. 4, 2015, as amended by Docket
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 121–380, 83 FR 9173,
Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 121.369 Manual requirements.
(a) The certificate holder shall put in
its manual a chart or description of the
certificate holder’s organization re-
quired by § 121.365 and a list of persons
with whom it has arranged for the per-
formance of any of its required inspec-
tions, other maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations, including
a general description of that work.
(b) The certificate holder’s manual
must contain the programs required by
§ 121.367 that must be followed in per-
forming maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations of that
certificate holder’s airplanes, including
airframes, aircraft engines, propellers,
appliances, emergency equipment, and
parts thereof, 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 pursuant to previous
required 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,
regarding any required inspection from
being countermanded by persons other