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article on which the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alteration was 
performed. 

(c) A certificated repair station must 

retain the records required by this sec-
tion for at least 2 years from the date 
the article was approved for return to 
service. 

(d) A certificated repair station must 

make all required records available for 
inspection by the FAA and the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board. 

§ 145.221 Service difficulty reports. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

report to the FAA within 96 hours after 
it discovers any serious failure, mal-
function, or defect of an article. The 
report must be in a format acceptable 
to the FAA. 

(b) The report required under para-

graph (a) of this section must include 
as much of the following information 
as is available: 

(1) Aircraft registration number; 
(2) Type, make, and model of the ar-

ticle; 

(3) Date of the discovery of the fail-

ure, malfunction, or defect; 

(4) Nature of the failure, malfunc-

tion, or defect; 

(5) Time since last overhaul, if appli-

cable; 

(6) Apparent cause of the failure, 

malfunction, or defect; and 

(7) Other pertinent information that 

is necessary for more complete identi-
fication, determination of seriousness, 
or corrective action. 

(c) The holder of a repair station cer-

tificate that is also the holder of a part 
121, 125, or 135 certificate; type certifi-
cate (including a supplemental type 
certificate); parts manufacturer ap-
proval; or technical standard order au-
thorization, or that is the licensee of a 
type certificate holder, does not need 
to report a failure, malfunction, or de-
fect under this section if the failure, 
malfunction, or defect has been re-
ported under parts 21, 121, 125, or 135 of 
this chapter. 

(d) A certificated repair station may 

submit a service difficulty report for 
the following: 

(1) A part 121 certificate holder, pro-

vided the report meets the require-
ments of part 121 of this chapter, as ap-
propriate. 

(2) A part 125 certificate holder, pro-

vided the report meets the require-
ments of part 125 of this chapter, as ap-
propriate. 

(3) A part 135 certificate holder, pro-

vided the report meets the require-
ments of part 135 of the chapter, as ap-
propriate. 

(e) A certificated repair station au-

thorized to report a failure, malfunc-
tion, or defect under paragraph (d) of 
this section must not report the same 
failure, malfunction, or defect under 
paragraph (a) of this section. A copy of 
the report submitted under paragraph 
(d) of this section must be forwarded to 
the certificate holder. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 
2001, as amended by Amdt. 22, 68 FR 75382, 
Dec. 30, 2003; Amdt. 145–26, 70 FR 76979, Dec. 
29, 2005; Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR 46985, Aug. 12, 
2014; Amdt. 145–30A, 79 FR 66607, Nov. 10, 2014] 

§ 145.223 FAA inspections. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

allow the FAA to inspect that repair 
station at any time to determine com-
pliance with this chapter. 

(b) A certificated repair station may 

not contract for the performance of a 
maintenance function on an article 
with a noncertificated person unless it 
provides in its contract with the non-
certificated person that the FAA may 
make an inspection and observe the 
performance of the noncertificated per-
son’s work on the article. 

(c) A certificated repair station may 

not return to service any article on 
which a maintenance function was per-
formed by a noncertificated person if 
the noncertificated person does not 
permit the FAA to make the inspection 
described in paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion. 

PART 147—AVIATION MAINTE-

NANCE TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
147.1

Applicability. 

147.3

Certificate required. 

147.5

Application requirements. 

147.7

Duration of certificates. 

147.11

Ratings.