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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 145.205 

(1) Perform maintenance, preventive 

maintenance, or alterations in accord-
ance with part 43 on any article for 
which it is rated and within the limita-
tions in its operations specifications. 

(2) Arrange for another person to per-

form the maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations of any ar-
ticle for which the certificated repair 
station is rated. If that person is not 
certificated under part 145, the certifi-
cated repair station must ensure that 
the noncertificated person follows a 
quality control system equivalent to 
the system followed by the certificated 
repair station. 

(3) Approve for return to service any 

article for which it is rated after it has 
performed maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or an alteration in ac-
cordance with part 43. 

(b) A certificated repair station may 

not maintain or alter any article for 
which it is not rated, and may not 
maintain or alter any article for which 
it is rated if it requires special tech-
nical data, equipment, or facilities 
that are not available to it. 

(c) A certificated repair station may 

not approve for return to service’ 

(1) Any article unless the mainte-

nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
teration was performed in accordance 
with the applicable approved technical 
data or data acceptable to the FAA. 

(2) Any article after a major repair or 

major alteration unless the major re-
pair or major alteration was performed 
in accordance with applicable approved 
technical data; and 

(3) Any experimental aircraft after a 

major repair or major alteration per-
formed under § 43.1(b) unless the major 
repair or major alteration was per-
formed in accordance with methods 
and applicable technical data accept-
able to the FAA. 

§ 145.203 Work performed at another 

location. 

A certificated repair station may 

temporarily transport material, equip-
ment, and personnel needed to perform 
maintenance, preventive maintenance, 
alterations, or certain specialized serv-
ices on an article for which it is rated 
to a place other than the repair sta-
tion’s fixed location if the following re-
quirements are met: 

(a) The work is necessary due to a 

special circumstance, as determined by 
the FAA; or 

(b) It is necessary to perform such 

work on a recurring basis, and the re-
pair station’s manual includes the pro-
cedures for accomplishing mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, alter-
ations, or specialized services at a 
place other than the repair station’s 
fixed location. 

§ 145.205 Maintenance, preventive 

maintenance, and alterations per-

formed for certificate holders under 

parts 121, 125, and 135, and for for-

eign air carriers or foreign persons 

operating a U.S.-registered aircraft 

in common carriage under part 129. 

(a) A certificated repair station that 

performs maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations for an air 
carrier or commercial operator that 
has a continuous airworthiness mainte-
nance program under part 121 or part 
135 must follow the air carrier’s or 
commercial operator’s program and ap-
plicable sections of its maintenance 
manual. 

(b) A certificated repair station that 

performs inspections for a certificate 
holder conducting operations under 
part 125 must follow the operator’s 
FAA-approved inspection program. 

(c) A certificated repair station that 

performs maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations for a for-
eign air carrier or foreign person oper-
ating a U.S.-registered aircraft under 
part 129 must follow the operator’s 
FAA-approved maintenance program. 

(d) The FAA may grant approval for 

a certificated repair station to perform 
line maintenance for an air carrier cer-
tificated under part 121 or part 135 of 
this chapter, or a foreign air carrier or 
foreign person operating a U.S.-reg-
istered aircraft in common carriage 
under part 129 of this chapter on any 
aircraft of that air carrier or person, 
provided- 

(1) The certificated repair station 

performs such line maintenance in ac-
cordance with the operator’s manual, if 
applicable, and approved maintenance 
program; 

(2) The certificated repair station has 

the necessary equipment, trained per-
sonnel, and technical data to perform 
such line maintenance; and