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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§§ 121.370–121.370a
than supervisory personnel of the in-
spection unit, or a person at that 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 shift changes or similar work
interruptions are properly completed
before the aircraft is released to serv-
ice.
(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 provide for the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, and alter-
ations to be performed in accordance
with the certificate holder’s mainte-
nance program and maintenance man-
ual.
(c) The certificate holder must set
forth in its manual a suitable system
(which may include a coded system)
that provides for preservation and re-
trieval of information in a manner ac-
ceptable to the Administrator and that
provides—
(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.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19210, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–94, 37 FR 15983, Aug. 9,
1972; Amdt. 121–106, 38 FR 22378, Aug. 20, 1973;
Docket FAA–2011–1136, Amdt. 121–371, 80 FR
11546, Mar. 4, 2015]
§§ 121.370–121.370a [Reserved]
§ 121.371 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 that time, the person per-
forming that inspection is under the
supervision and control of an inspec-
tion unit.
(c) No person may perform a required
inspection if he performed the item of
work required to be inspected.
(d) 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
inspections 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 his
responsibilities, authorities, and
inspectional limitations. The list shall
be made available for inspection by the
Administrator upon request.
§ 121.373 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 the require-
ments of this part, the certificate hold-
er shall, after notification by the Ad-
ministrator, make any changes in
those programs that are necessary to
meet those requirements.
(c) A certificate holder may petition
the Administrator to reconsider the
notice to make a change in a program.
