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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.

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.

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

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§ 145.206

(3) The certificated repair station’s

operations specifications include an
authorization to perform line mainte-
nance.

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug.
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2016–8744,
Amdt. 145–31, 81 FR 49163, July 27, 2016]

§ 145.206 Notification of hazardous ma-

terials authorizations.

(a) Each repair station must ac-

knowledge receipt of the part 121 or
part 135 operator notification required
under §§ 121.1005(e) and 135.505(e) of this
chapter prior to performing work for,
or on behalf of that certificate holder.

(b) Prior to performing work for or

on behalf of a part 121 or part 135 oper-
ator, each repair station must notify
its employees, contractors, or sub-
contractors that handle or replace air-
craft components or other items regu-
lated by 49 CFR parts 171 through 180 of
each certificate holder’s operations
specifications authorization permit-
ting, or prohibition against, carrying
hazardous materials. This notification
must be provided subsequent to the no-
tification by the part 121 or part 135 op-
erator of such operations specifications
authorization/designation.

[Doc. No. FAA–2003–15085, 70 FR 58831, Oct. 7,
2005, as amended by Amdt. 145–25, 70 FR
75397, Dec. 20, 2005]

§ 145.207 Repair station manual.

(a) A certificated repair station must

prepare and follow a repair station
manual acceptable to the FAA.

(b) A certificated repair station must

maintain a current repair station man-
ual.

rent repair station manual must be ac-
cessible for use by repair station per-
sonnel required by subpart D of this
part.

(d) A certificated repair station must

provide to its responsible Flight Stand-
ards office the current repair station
manual in a format acceptable to the
FAA.

(e) A certificated repair station must

notify its responsible Flight Standards
office of each revision of its repair sta-

tion manual in accordance with the
procedures required by § 145.209(j).

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug.
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119,
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 145.209 Repair station manual con-

tents.

A certificated repair station’s man-

ual must include the following:

(a) An organizational chart identi-

fying—

(1) Each management position with

authority to act on behalf of the repair
station,

(2) The area of responsibility as-

signed to each management position,
and

(3) The duties, responsibilities, and

authority of each management posi-
tion;

(b) Procedures for maintaining and

revising the rosters required by
§ 145.161;

repair station’s operations, including
the housing, facilities, equipment, and
materials as required by subpart C of
this part;

(d) Procedures for—
(1) Revising the capability list pro-

vided for in § 145.215 and notifying the
responsible Flight Standards office of
revisions to the list, including how
often the responsible Flight Standards
office will be notified of revisions; and

(2) The self-evaluation required under

§ 145.215(c) for revising the capability
list, including methods and frequency
of such evaluations, and procedures for
reporting the results to the appropriate
manager for review and action;

(e) Procedures for revising the train-

ing program required by § 145.163 and
submitting revisions to the responsible
Flight Standards office for approval;

(f) Procedures to govern work per-

formed at another location in accord-
ance with § 145.203;

(g) Procedures for maintenance, pre-

ventive maintenance, or alterations
performed under § 145.205;

(h) Procedures for—
(1) Maintaining and revising the con-

tract maintenance information re-
quired by § 145.217(a)(2)(i), including
submitting revisions to the responsible
Flight Standards office for approval;
and