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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.
(c) No person may perform a required
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.
(c) A certificate holder may petition
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