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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 145.109
§ 145.103 Housing and facilities re-
quirements.
(a) Each certificated repair station
must provide—
(1) Housing for the facilities, equip-
ment, materials, and personnel con-
sistent with its ratings and limita-
tions.
(2) Facilities for properly performing
the maintenance, preventive mainte-
nance, or alterations of articles or the
specialized service for which it is rated.
Facilities must include the following:
(i) Sufficient work space and areas
for the proper segregation and protec-
tion of articles during all maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alter-
ations.
(ii) Segregated work areas enabling
environmentally hazardous or sensitive
operations such as painting, cleaning,
welding, avionics work, electronic
work, and machining to be done prop-
erly and in a manner that does not ad-
versely affect other maintenance or al-
teration articles or activities;
(iii) Suitable racks, hoists, trays,
stands, and other segregation means
for the storage and protection of all ar-
ticles undergoing maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, or alterations, and;
(iv) Space sufficient to segregate ar-
ticles and materials stocked for instal-
lation from those articles undergoing
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
or alterations to the standards re-
quired by this part.
(v) Ventilation, lighting, and control
of temperature, humidity, and other
climatic conditions sufficient to ensure
personnel perform maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations to
the standards required by this part.
(b) A certificated repair station may
perform maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations on articles
outside of its housing if it provides
suitable facilities that are acceptable
to the FAA and meet the requirements
of § 145.103(a) so that the work can be
done in accordance with the require-
ments of part 43 of this chapter.
[Docket FAA–2016–8744, Amdt. 145–31, 81 FR
49163, July 27, 2016]
§ 145.105 Change of location, housing,
or facilities.
(a) A certificated repair station may
not change the location of its housing
without written approval from the
FAA.
(b) A certificated repair station may
not make any changes to its housing or
facilities required by § 145.103 that
could have a significant effect on its
ability to perform the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations
under its repair station certificate and
operations specifications without writ-
ten approval from the FAA.
(c) The FAA may prescribe the condi-
tions, including any limitations, under
which a certificated repair station
must operate while it is changing its
location, housing, or facilities.
§ 145.107 Satellite repair stations.
(a) A certificated repair station
under the managerial control of an-
other certificated repair station may
operate as a satellite repair station
with its own certificate issued by the
FAA. A satellite repair station—
(1) May not hold a rating not held by
the certificated repair station with
managerial control;
(2) Must meet the requirements for
each rating it holds;
(3) Must submit a repair station man-
ual acceptable to the FAA as required
by § 145.207; and
(4) Must submit a quality control
manual acceptable to the FAA as re-
quired by § 145.211(c).
(b) Unless the FAA indicates other-
wise, personnel and equipment from
the certificated repair station with
managerial control and from each of
the satellite repair stations may be
shared. However, inspection personnel
must be designated for each satellite
repair station and available at the sat-
ellite repair station any time a deter-
mination of airworthiness or return to
service is made. In other cir-
cumstances, inspection personnel may
be away from the premises but must be
available by telephone, radio, or other
electronic means.
(c) A satellite repair station may not
be located in a country other than the
domicile country of the certificated re-
pair station with managerial control.
§ 145.109 Equipment, materials, and
data requirements.
(a) Except as otherwise prescribed by
the FAA, a certificated repair station
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§ 145.151
must have the equipment, tools, and
materials necessary to perform the
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
or alterations under its repair station
certificate and operations specifica-
tions in accordance with part 43. The
equipment, tools, and material must be
located on the premises and under the
repair station’s control when the work
is being done.
(b) A certificated repair station must
ensure all test and inspection equip-
ment and tools used to make air-
worthiness determinations on articles
are calibrated to a standard acceptable
to the FAA.
(c) The equipment, tools, and mate-
rial must be those recommended by the
manufacturer of the article or must be
at least equivalent to those rec-
ommended by the manufacturer and
acceptable to the FAA.
(d) A certificated repair station must
maintain, in a format acceptable to the
FAA, the documents and data required
for the performance of maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations
under its repair station certificate and
operations specifications in accordance
with part 43. The following documents
and data must be current and acces-
sible when the relevant work is being
done:
(1) Airworthiness directives,
(2) Instructions for continued air-
worthiness,
(3) Maintenance manuals,
(4) Overhaul manuals,
(5) Standard practice manuals,
(6) Service bulletins, and
(7) Other applicable data acceptable
to or approved by the FAA.
Subpart D—Personnel
S
OURCE
: Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR
41117, Aug. 6, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
§ 145.151 Personnel requirements.
Each certificated repair station
must—
(a) Designate a repair station em-
ployee as the accountable manager;
(b) Provide qualified personnel to
plan, supervise, perform, and approve
for return to service the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations
performed under the repair station cer-
tificate and operations specifications;
(c) Ensure it has a sufficient number
of employees with the training or
knowledge and experience in the per-
formance of maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations authorized
by the repair station certificate and
operations specifications to ensure all
work is performed in accordance with
part 43; and
(d) Determine the abilities of its non-
certificated employees performing
maintenance functions based on train-
ing, knowledge, experience, or prac-
tical tests.
§ 145.153 Supervisory personnel re-
quirements.
(a) A certificated repair station must
ensure it has a sufficient number of su-
pervisors to direct the work performed
under the repair station certificate and
operations specifications. The super-
visors must oversee the work per-
formed by any individuals who are un-
familiar with the methods, techniques,
practices, aids, equipment, and tools
used to perform the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations.
(b) Each supervisor must—
(1) If employed by a repair station lo-
cated inside the United States, be ap-
propriately certificated as a mechanic
or repairman under part 65 of this
chapter for the work being supervised.
(2) If employed by a repair station lo-
cated outside the United States—
(i) Have a minimum of 18 months of
practical experience in the work being
performed; or
(ii) Be trained in or thoroughly fa-
miliar with the methods, techniques,
practices, aids, equipment, and tools
used to perform the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations.
(c) A certificated repair station must
ensure its supervisors understand,
read, and write English.
[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6,
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR
46984, Aug. 12, 2014]
§ 145.155 Inspection personnel require-
ments.
(a) A certificated repair station must
ensure that persons performing inspec-
tions under the repair station certifi-
cate and operations specifications
are—