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§ 135.417
(6) Apparent cause of the failure,
malfunction or defect (e.g., wear,
crack, design deficiency, or personnel
error).
(7) Other pertinent information nec-
essary for more complete identifica-
tion, determination of seriousness, or
corrective action.
(f) A certificate holder that is also
the holder of a type certificate (includ-
ing a supplemental type certificate), a
Parts Manufacturer Approval, or a
Technical Standard Order Authoriza-
tion, or that is the licensee of a type
certificate need not report a failure,
malfunction, or defect under this sec-
tion if the failure, malfunction, or de-
fect has been reported by it under § 21.3
or § 37.17 of this chapter or under the
accident reporting provisions of 49 CFR
part 830 of the regulations of the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board.
(g) No person may withhold a report
required by this section even though
all information required by this section
is not available.
(h) When the certificate holder gets
additional information, including in-
formation from the manufacturer or
other agency, concerning a report re-
quired by this section, it shall expedi-
tiously submit it as a supplement to
the first report and reference the date
and place of submission of the first re-
port.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–102, 70 FR 76979, Dec.
29, 2005; Doc. No. FAA–2022–1355; Amdt. Nos.
135–143; 87 FR 75848, Dec. 9, 2022]
§ 135.417 Mechanical interruption
summary report.
Each certificate holder shall mail or
deliver, before the end of the 10th day
of the following month, a summary re-
port of the following occurrences in
multiengine aircraft for the preceding
month to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office:
(a) Each interruption to a flight, un-
scheduled change of aircraft en route,
or unscheduled stop or diversion from a
route, caused by known or suspected
mechanical difficulties or malfunctions
that are not required to be reported
under § 135.415.
(b) The number of propeller
featherings in flight, listed by type of
propeller and engine and aircraft on
which it was installed. Propeller
featherings for training, demonstra-
tion, or flight check purposes need not
be reported.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26,
1996; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 135–139, 83
FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 135.419 Approved aircraft inspection
program.
(a) Whenever the Administrator finds
that the aircraft inspections required
or allowed under part 91 of this chapter
are not adequate to meet this part, or
upon application by a certificate hold-
er, the Administrator may amend the
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications under § 119.51, to require or
allow an approved aircraft inspection
program for any make and model air-
craft of which the certificate holder
has the exclusive use of at least one
aircraft (as defined in § 135.25(b)).
(b) A certificate holder who applies
for an amendment of its operations
specifications to allow an approved air-
craft inspection program must submit
that program with its application for
approval by the Administrator.
(c) Each certificate holder who is re-
quired by its operations specifications
to have an approved aircraft inspection
program shall submit a program for ap-
proval by the Administrator within 30
days of the amendment of its oper-
ations specifications or within any
other period that the Administrator
may prescribe in the operations speci-
fications.
(d) The aircraft inspection program
submitted for approval by the Adminis-
trator must contain the following:
(1) Instructions and procedures for
the conduct of aircraft inspections
(which must include necessary tests
and checks), setting forth in detail the
parts and areas of the airframe, en-
gines, propellers, rotors, and appli-
ances, including emergency equipment,
that must be inspected.
(2) A schedule for the performance of
the aircraft inspections under para-
graph (d)(1) of this section expressed in
terms of the time in service, calendar
time, number of system operations, or
any combination of these.
(3) Instructions and procedures for
recording discrepancies found during
