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This
part describes how to obtain a repair station
certificate. This part also contains the rules a
certificated repair station must follow related to
its performance of maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations of an aircraft,
airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or
component part to which part 43 applies. It also
applies to any person who holds, or is required to
hold, a repair station certificate issued under this
part.
For
the purposes of this part, the following definitions
apply:
(a)
Accountable manager means the person
designated by the certificated repair station who is
responsible for and has the authority over all
repair station operations that are conducted under
part 145, including ensuring that repair station
personnel follow the regulations and serving as the
primary contact with the AFRO-CAA.
(b)
Article means an aircraft, airframe, aircraft
engine, propeller, appliance, or component part.
(c)
Directly in charge means having the
responsibility for the work of a certificated repair
station that performs maintenance, preventive
maintenance, alterations, or other functions
affecting aircraft airworthiness. A person directly
in charge does not need to physically observe and
direct each worker constantly but must be available
for consultation on matters requiring instruction or
decision from higher authority.
(d)
Line maintenance means —
(1)
Any unscheduled maintenance resulting from
unforeseen events; or
(2)
Scheduled checks that contain servicing and/or
inspections that do not require specialized
training, equipment, or facilities.
(a)
No person may operate as a certificated repair
station without, or in violation of, a repair
station certificate, ratings, or operations
specifications issued under this part.
(b)
The certificate and operations specifications issued
to a certificated repair station must be available
on the premises for inspection by the public and the
AFRO-CAA.
(a)
An application for a repair station certificate and
rating must be made in a format acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA and must include the following:
(1)
A repair station manual acceptable to the AFRO-CAA
as required by 145.207;
(2)
A quality control manual acceptable to the AFRO-CAA
as required by 145.211(c);
(3)
A list by type, make, or model, as appropriate, of
each article for which the application is made;
(4)
An organizational chart of the repair station and
the names and titles of managing and supervisory
personnel;
(5)
A description of the housing and facilities,
including the physical address, in accordance with
145.103;
(6)
A list of the maintenance functions, for approval by
the AFRO-CAA, to be performed for the repair station
under contract by another person in accordance with
145.217; and
(7)
A training program for approval by the AFRO-CAA in
accordance with 145.163.
(b)
The equipment, personnel, technical data, and
housing and facilities required for the certificate
and rating, or for an additional rating must be in
place for inspection at the time of certification or
rating approval by the AFRO-CAA. An applicant may
meet the equipment requirement of this paragraph if
the applicant has a contract acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA with another person to make the equipment
available to the applicant at the time of
certification and at any time that it is necessary
when the relevant work is being performed by the
repair station.
(c)
In addition to meeting the other applicable
requirements for a repair station certificate and
rating, an applicant for a repair station
certificate and rating located outside the AFRO-CAA
member States must meet the following requirements:
(1)
The applicant must show that the repair station
certificate and/or rating is necessary for
maintaining or altering the following:
(i)
AFRO-CAA member State-registered aircraft and
articles for use on U.S.-registered aircraft, or
(ii)
Foreign-registered aircraft operated under the
provisions of part 121 or part 135, and articles for
use on these aircraft.
(2)
The applicant must show that the fee prescribed by
the AFRO-CAA has been paid.
(d)
An application for an additional rating, amended
repair station certificate, or renewal of a repair
station certificate must be made in a format
acceptable to the AFRO-CAA. The application must
include only that information necessary to
substantiate the change or renewal of the
certificate.
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of
this section, a person who meets the requirements of
this part is entitled to a repair station
certificate with appropriate ratings prescribing
such operations specifications and limitations as
are necessary in the interest of safety.
(b)
If the person is located in a country with which the
AFRO-CAA member States has a bilateral aviation
safety agreement, the AFRO-CAA may find that the
person meets the requirements of this part based on
a certification from the civil aviation authority of
that country. This certification must be made in
accordance with implementation procedures signed by
the Administrator or the Administrator's designee.
(c)
Before a repair station certificate can be issued
for a repair station that is located within the
AFRO-CAA member States, the applicant shall certify
in writing that all “hazmat employees” (see 49 CFR
171.8) for the repair station, its contractors, or
subcontractors are trained as required in 49 CFR
part 172 subpart H.
(d)
Before a repair station certificate can be issued
for a repair station that is located outside the
AFRO-CAA member States, the applicant shall certify
in writing that all employees for the repair
station, its contractors, or subcontractors
performing a job function concerning the transport
of dangerous goods (hazardous material) are trained
as outlined in the most current edition of the
International Civil Aviation Organization Technical
Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous
Goods by Air.
(a)
A certificate or rating issued to a repair station
located in the AFRO-CAA member States is effective
from the date of issue until the repair station
surrenders it or the AFRO-CAA suspends or revokes
it.
(b)
A certificate or rating issued to a repair station
located outside the AFRO-CAA member States is
effective from the date of issue until the last day
of the 12th month after the date of issue unless the
repair station surrenders the certificate or the
AFRO-CAA suspends or revokes it. The AFRO-CAA may
renew the certificate or rating for 24 months if the
repair station has operated in compliance with the
applicable requirements of part 145 within the
preceding certificate duration period.
(c)
A certificated repair station located outside the
AFRO-CAA member States that applies for a renewal of
its repair station certificate must—
(1)
Submit its request for renewal no later than 30 days
before the repair station's current certificate
expires. If a request for renewal is not made within
this period, the repair station must follow the
application procedures in 145.51.
(2)
Send its request for renewal to the AFRO-CAA member
State office that has jurisdiction over the
certificated repair station.
(d)
The holder of an expired, surrendered, suspended, or
revoked certificate must return it to the
AFRO-CAA
member State
that has jurisdiction over the certified repair
station.
(a)
The holder of a repair station certificate must
apply for a change to its certificate in a format
acceptable to the Administrator. A change to the
certificate must include certification in compliance
with 145.53(c) or (d), if not previously submitted.
A certificate change is necessary if the certificate
holder—
(1)
Changes the location of the repair station, or
(2)
Requests to add or amend a rating.
(b)
If the holder of a repair station certificate sells
or transfers its assets, the new owner must apply
for an amended certificate in accordance with
145.51.
The
following ratings are issued under this subpart:
(a)
Airframe ratings.
(1)
Class 1: Composite construction of small
aircraft.
(2)
Class 2: Composite construction of large
aircraft.
(3)
Class 3: All-metal construction of small
aircraft.
(4)
Class 4: All-metal construction of large
aircraft.
(b)
Powerplant ratings.
(1)
Class 1: Reciprocating engines of 400
horsepower or less.
(2)
Class 2: Reciprocating engines of more than
400 horsepower.
(3)
Class 3: Turbine engines.
(c)
Propeller ratings.
(1)
Class 1: Fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable
propellers of wood, metal, or composite
construction.
(2)
Class 2: Other propellers, by make.
(d)
Radio ratings.
(1)
Class 1: Communication equipment. Radio
transmitting and/or receiving equipment used in an
aircraft to send or receive communications in
flight, regardless of carrier frequency or type of
modulation used. This equipment includes auxiliary
and related aircraft interphone systems, amplifier
systems, electrical or electronic inter crew
signaling devices, and similar equipment. This
equipment does not include equipment used for
navigating or aiding navigation of aircraft,
equipment used for measuring altitude or terrain
clearance, other measuring equipment operated on
radio or radar principles, or mechanical,
electrical, gyroscopic, or electronic instruments
that are a part of communications radio equipment.
(2)
Class 2: Navigational equipment. A radio
system used in an aircraft for en route or approach
navigation. This does not include equipment operated
on radar or pulsed radio frequency principles, or
equipment used for measuring altitude or terrain
clearance.
(3)
Class 3: Radar equipment. An aircraft
electronic system operated on radar or pulsed radio
frequency principles.
(e)
Instrument ratings.
(1)
Class 1: Mechanical. A diaphragm, bourdon
tube, aneroid, optical, or mechanically driven
centrifugal instrument used on aircraft or to
operate aircraft, including tachometers, airspeed
indicators, pressure gauges drift sights, magnetic
compasses, altimeters, or similar mechanical
instruments.
(2)
Class 2: Electrical. Self-synchronous and
electrical-indicating instruments and systems,
including remote indicating instruments, cylinder
head temperature gauges, or similar electrical
instruments.
(3)
Class 3: Gyroscopic. An instrument or system
using gyroscopic principles and motivated by air
pressure or electrical energy, including automatic
pilot control units, turn and bank indicators,
directional gyros, and their parts, and flux gate
and gyrosyn compasses.
(4)
Class 4: Electronic. An instrument whose
operation depends on electron tubes, transistors, or
similar devices, including capacitance type quantity
gauges, system amplifiers, and engine analyzers.
(f)
Accessory ratings.
(1)
Class 1: A mechanical accessory that depends
on friction, hydraulics, mechanical linkage, or
pneumatic pressure for operation, including aircraft
wheel brakes, mechanically driven pumps,
carburetors, aircraft wheel assemblies, shock
absorber struts and hydraulic servo units.
(2)
Class 2: An electrical accessory that depends
on electrical energy for its operation, and a
generator, including starters, voltage regulators,
electric motors, electrically driven fuel pumps
magnetos, or similar electrical accessories.
(3)
Class 3: An electronic accessory that depends
on the use of an electron tube transistor, or
similar device, including supercharger, temperature,
air conditioning controls, or similar electronic
controls.
(a)
The AFRO-CAA may issue a limited rating to a
certificated repair station that maintains or alters
only a particular type of airframe, powerplant,
propeller, radio, instrument, or accessory, or part
thereof, or performs only specialized maintenance
requiring equipment and skills not ordinarily
performed under other repair station ratings. Such a
rating may be limited to a specific model aircraft,
engine, or constituent part, or to any number of
parts made by a particular manufacturer.
(b)
The AFRO-CAA issues limited ratings for—
(1)
Airframes of a particular make and model;
(2)
Engines of a particular make and model;
(3)
Propellers of a particular make and model;
(4)
Instruments of a particular make and model;
(5)
Radio equipment of a particular make and model;
(6)
Accessories of a particular make and model;
(7)
Landing gear components;
(8)
Floats, by make;
(9)
Non-destructive inspection, testing, and processing;
(10)
Emergency equipment;
(11)
Rotor blades, by make and model; and
(12)
Aircraft fabric work.
(c)
For a limited rating for specialized services, the
operations specifications of the repair station must
contain the specification used to perform the
specialized service. The specification may be—
(1)
A civil or military specification currently used by
industry and approved by the AFRO-CAA, or
(2)
A specification developed by the applicant and
approved by the AFRO-CAA.
A
certificated repair station must provide housing,
facilities, equipment, materials, and data that meet
the applicable requirements for the issuance of the
certificate and ratings the repair station holds.
(a)
Each certificated repair station must provide—
(1)
Housing for the facilities, equipment, materials,
and personnel consistent with its ratings.
(2)
Facilities for properly performing the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations of articles
or the specialized services for which it is rated.
Facilities must include the following:
(i)
Sufficient work space and areas for the proper
segregation and protection of articles during all
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations;
(ii)
Segregated work areas enabling environmentally
hazardous or sensitive operations such as painting,
cleaning, welding, avionics work, electronic work,
and machining to be done properly and in a manner
that does not adversely affect other maintenance or
alteration articles or activities;
(iii) Suitable racks, hoists, trays, stands, and
other segregation means for the storage and
protection of all articles undergoing maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations;
(iv)
Space sufficient to segregate articles and materials
stocked for installation from those articles
undergoing maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations; and
(v)
Ventilation, lighting, and control of temperature,
humidity, and other climatic conditions sufficient
to ensure personnel perform maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations to the standards
required by this part.
(b)
A certificated repair station with an airframe
rating must provide suitable permanent housing to
enclose the largest type and model of aircraft
listed on its operations specifications.
(c)
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
AFRO-CAA and meet the requirements of 145.103(a) so
that the work can be done in accordance with the
requirements of part 43 of this chapter.
(a)
A certificated repair station may not change the
location of its housing without written approval
from the Administrator.
(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
written approval from the Administrator.
(c)
The AFRO-CAA may prescribe the conditions, including
any limitations, under which a certificated repair
station must operate while it is changing its
location, housing, or facilities.
(a)
A certificated repair station under the managerial
control of another certificated repair station may
operate as a satellite repair station with its own
certificate issued by the Administrator. 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 manual acceptable to
the Administrator as required by 145.207; and
(4)
Must submit a quality control manual acceptable to
the Administrator as required by 145.211(c).
(b)
Unless the Administrator indicates otherwise,
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
satellite repair station any time a determination of
airworthiness or return to service is made. In other
circumstances, 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 repair station with managerial control.
(a)
Except as otherwise prescribed by the AFRO-CAA, a
certificated repair station must have the equipment,
tools, and materials necessary to perform the
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations
under its repair station certificate and operations
specifications 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 equipment and tools used to make
airworthiness determinations on articles are
calibrated to a standard acceptable to the AFRO-CAA.
(c)
The equipment, tools, and material must be those
recommended by the manufacturer of the article or
must be at least equivalent to those recommended by
the manufacturer and acceptable to the AFRO-CAA.
(d)
A certificated repair station must maintain, in a
format acceptable to the AFRO-CAA, 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
accessible when the relevant work is being done:
(1)
Airworthiness directives,
(2)
Instructions for continued airworthiness,
(3)
Maintenance manuals,
(4)
Overhaul manuals,
(5)
Standard practice manuals,
(6)
Service bulletins, and
(7)
Other applicable data acceptable to or approved by
the AFRO-CAA.
Each
certificated repair station must—
(a)
Designate a repair station employee 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 certificate and
operations specifications;
(c)
Ensure it has a sufficient number of employees with
the training or knowledge and experience in the
performance 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
training, knowledge, experience, or practical tests.
(a)
A certificated repair station must ensure it has a
sufficient number of supervisors to direct the work
performed under the repair station certificate and
operations specifications. The supervisors must
oversee the work performed by any individuals who
are unfamiliar with the methods, techniques,
practices, aids, equipment, and tools used to
perform the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations.
(b)
Each supervisor must—
(1)
If employed by a repair station located inside the
AFRO-CAA member States, be certificated under part
65.
(2)
If employed by a repair station located outside the
AFRO-CAA member States—
(i)
Have a minimum of 18 months of practical experience
in the work being performed; or
(ii)
Be trained in or thoroughly familiar with the
methods, techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and
tools used to perform the maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations.
(c)
A certificated repair station must ensure its
supervisors understand, read, and write English.
(a)
A certificated repair station must ensure that
persons performing inspections under the repair
station certificate and operations specifications
are—
(1)
Thoroughly familiar with the applicable regulations
in this chapter and with the inspection methods,
techniques, practices, aids, equipment, and tools
used to determine the airworthiness of the article
on which maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations are being performed; and
(2)
Proficient in using the various types of inspection
equipment and visual inspection aids appropriate for
the article being inspected; and
(b)
A certificated repair station must ensure its
inspectors understand, read, and write English.
(a)
A certificated repair station located inside the
AFRO-CAA member States must ensure each person
authorized to approve an article for return to
service under the repair station certificate and
operations specifications is certificated under part
65.
(b)
A certificated repair station located outside the
AFRO-CAA member States must ensure each person
authorized to approve an article for return to
service under the repair station certificate and
operations specifications is—
(1)
Trained in or has 18 months practical experience
with the methods, techniques, practices, aids,
equipment, and tools used to perform the
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations;
and
(2)
Thoroughly familiar with the applicable regulations
in this chapter and proficient in the use of the
various inspection methods, techniques, practices,
aids, equipment, and tools appropriate for the work
being performed and approved for return to service.
(c)
A certificated repair station must ensure each
person authorized to approve an article for return
to service understands, reads, and writes English.
A
certificated repair station that chooses to use
repairmen to meet the applicable personnel
requirements of this part must certify in a format
acceptable to the AFRO-CAA that each person
recommended for certification as a repairman—
(a)
Is employed by the repair station, and
(b)
Meets the eligibility requirements of 65.101.
(a)
A certificated repair station must maintain and make
available in a format acceptable to the AFRO-CAA the
following:
(1)
A roster of management and supervisory personnel
that includes the names of the repair station
officials who are responsible for its management and
the names of its supervisors who oversee maintenance
functions.
(2)
A roster with the names of all inspection personnel.
(3)
A roster of personnel authorized to sign a
maintenance release for approving a maintained or
altered article for return to service.
(4)
A summary of the employment of each individual whose
name is on the personnel rosters required by
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section.
The summary must contain enough information on each
individual listed on the roster to show compliance
with the experience requirements of this part and
must include the following:
(i)
Present title,
(ii)
Total years of experience and the type of
maintenance work performed,
(iii) Past relevant employment with names of
employers and periods of employment,
(iv)
Scope of present employment, and
(v)
The type of mechanic or repairman certificate held
and the ratings on that certificate, if applicable.
(b)
Within 5 business days of the change, the rosters
required by this section must reflect changes caused
by termination, reassignment, change in duties or
scope of assignment, or addition of personnel.
(a)
A certificated repair station must have an employee
training program approved by the AFRO-CAA that
consists of initial and recurrent training. For
purposes of meeting the requirements of this
paragraph, beginning April 6, 2006—
(1)
An applicant for a repair station certificate must
submit a training program for approval by the
AFRO-CAA as required by 145.51(a)(7).
(2)
A repair station certificated before that date must
submit its training program to the AFRO-CAA for
approval by the last day of the month in which its
repair station certificate was issued.
(b)
The training program must ensure each employee
assigned to perform maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations, and inspection
functions is capable of performing the assigned
task.
(c)
A certificated repair station must document, in a
format acceptable to the AFRO-CAA, the individual
employee training required under paragraph (a) of
this section. These training records must be
retained for a minimum of 2 years.
(d)
A certificated repair station must submit revisions
to its training program to its certificate holding
district office in accordance with the procedures
required by 145.209(e).
[Docket No. AFRO-CAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6,
2001, as amended at 70 FR 15581, Mar. 28, 2005]
(a)
Each repair station that meets the definition of a
hazmat employer under 49 CFR 171.8 must have a
hazardous materials training program that meets the
training requirements of 49 CFR part 172 subpart H.
(b)
A repair station employee may not perform or
directly supervise a job function listed in
§121.1001 or §135.501 for, or on behalf of the part
121 or 135 operator including loading of items for
transport on an aircraft operated by a part 121 or
part 135 certificate holder unless that person has
received training in accordance with the part 121 or
part 135 operator's AFRO-CAA approved hazardous
materials training program.
(a)
A certificated repair station may—
(1)
Perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations in accordance with part 43 on any
article for which it is rated and within the
limitations in its operations specifications.
(2)
Arrange for another person to perform the
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations
of any article for which the certificated repair
station is rated. If that person is not certificated
under part 145, the certificated repair station must
ensure that the non-certificated 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
accordance 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 technical 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 maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alteration was performed in
accordance with the applicable approved technical
data or data acceptable to the AFRO-CAA.
(2)
Any article after a major repair or major alteration
unless the major repair or major alteration was
performed in accordance with applicable approved
technical data; and
(3)
Any experimental aircraft after a major repair or
major alteration performed under §43.1(b) unless the
major repair or major alteration was performed in
accordance with methods and applicable technical
data acceptable to the AFRO-CAA.
A
certificated repair station may temporarily
transport material, equipment, and personnel needed
to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance,
alterations, or certain specialized services on an
article for which it is rated to a place other than
the repair station's fixed location if the following
requirements are met:
(a)
The work is necessary due to a special circumstance,
as determined by the AFRO-CAA; or
(b)
It is necessary to perform such work on a recurring
basis, and the repair station's manual includes the
procedures for accomplishing maintenance, preventive
maintenance, alterations, or specialized services at
a place other than the repair station's fixed
location.
(a)
A certificated repair station that performs
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations
for an air carrier or commercial operator that has a
continuous airworthiness maintenance program under
part 121 or part 135 must follow the air carrier's
or commercial operator's program and applicable
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
AFRO-CAA-approved inspection program.
(c)
A certificated repair station that performs
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations
for a foreign air carrier or foreign person
operating a AFRO-CAA member State-registered
aircraft under part 129 must follow the operator's
AFRO-CAA-approved maintenance program.
(d)
Notwithstanding the housing requirement of
145.103(b), the AFRO-CAA may grant approval for a
certificated repair station to perform line
maintenance for an air carrier certificated under
part 121 or part 135, or a foreign air carrier or
foreign person operating a AFRO-CAA member
State-registered aircraft in common carriage under
part 129 on any aircraft of that air carrier or
person, provided—
(1)
The certificated repair station performs such line
maintenance in accordance with the operator's
manual, if applicable, and approved maintenance
program;
(2)
The certificated repair station has the necessary
equipment, trained personnel, and technical data to
perform such line maintenance; and
(3)
The certificated repair station's operations
specifications include an authorization to perform
line maintenance.
(a)
Each repair station must acknowledge 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 operator, each repair station must
notify its employees, contractors, or subcontractors
that handle or replace aircraft components or other
items regulated by 49 CFR parts 171 through 180 of
each certificate holder's operations specifications
authorization permitting, or prohibition against,
carrying hazardous materials. This notification must
be provided subsequent to the notification by the
part 121 or part 135 operator of such operations
specifications authorization/designation.
(a)
A certificated repair station must prepare and
follow a repair station manual acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA.
(b)
A certificated repair station must maintain a
current repair station manual.
(c)
A certificated repair station's current repair
station manual must be accessible for use by repair
station personnel required by subpart D of this
part.
(d)
A certificated repair station must provide to its
certificate holding district office the current
repair station manual in a format acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA.
(e)
A certificated repair station must notify its
certificate holding district office of each revision
of its repair station manual in accordance with the
procedures required by 145.209(j).
A
certificated repair station's manual must include
the following:
(a)
An organizational chart identifying—
(1)
Each management position with authority to act on
behalf of the repair station,
(2)
The area of responsibility assigned to each
management position, and
(3)
The duties, responsibilities, and authority of each
management position;
(b)
Procedures for maintaining and revising the rosters
required by 145.161;
(c)
A description of the certificated 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 provided for in 145.215
and notifying the certificate holding district
office of revisions to the list, including how often
the certificate holding district 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 training program
required by 145.163 and submitting revisions to the
certificate holding district office for approval;
(f)
Procedures to govern work performed at another
location in accordance with 145.203;
(g)
Procedures for maintenance, preventive maintenance,
or alterations performed under 145.205;
(h)Procedures
for—
(1)
Maintaining and revising the contract maintenance
information required by 145.217(a)(2)(i), including
submitting revisions to the certificate holding
district office for approval; and
(2)
Maintaining and revising the contract maintenance
information required by 145.217(a)(2)(ii) and
notifying the certificate holding district office of
revisions to this information, including how often
the certificate holding district office will be
notified of revisions;
(i)
A description of the required records and the
recordkeeping system used to obtain, store, and
retrieve the required records;
(j)
Procedures for revising the repair station's manual
and notifying its certificate holding district
office of revisions to the manual, including how
often the certificate holding district office will
be notified of revisions; and
(k)
A description of the system used to identify and
control sections of the repair station manual.
(a)
A certificated repair station must establish and
maintain a quality control system acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA that ensures the airworthiness of the
articles on which the repair station or any of its
contractors performs maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations.
(b)
Repair station personnel must follow the quality
control system when performing maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations under the
repair station certificate and operations
specifications.
(c)
A certificated repair station must prepare and keep
current a quality control manual in a format
acceptable to the AFRO-CAA that includes the
following:
(1)
A description of the system and procedures used for—
(i)
Inspecting incoming raw materials to ensure
acceptable quality;
(ii)
Performing preliminary inspection of all articles
that are maintained;
(iii) Inspecting all articles that have been
involved in an accident for hidden damage before
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration
is performed;
(iv)
Establishing and maintaining proficiency of
inspection personnel;
(v)
Establishing and maintaining current technical data
for maintaining articles;
(vi)
Qualifying and surveilling non-certificated persons
who perform maintenance, prevention maintenance, or
alterations for the repair station;
(vii) Performing final inspection and return to
service of maintained articles;
(viii) Calibrating measuring and test equipment used
in maintaining articles, including the intervals at
which the equipment will be calibrated; and
(ix)
Taking corrective action on deficiencies;
(2)
References, where applicable, to the manufacturer's
inspection standards for a particular article,
including reference to any data specified by that
manufacturer;
(3)
A sample of the inspection and maintenance forms and
instructions for completing such forms or a
reference to a separate forms manual; and
(4)
Procedures for revising the quality control manual
required under this section and notifying the
certificate holding district office of the
revisions, including how often the certificate
holding district office will be notified of
revisions.
(d)
A certificated repair station must notify its
certificate holding district office of revisions to
its quality control manual.
(a)
A certificated repair station must inspect each
article upon which it has performed maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations as described
in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section before
approving that article for return to service.
(b)
A certificated repair station must certify on an
article's maintenance release that the article is
airworthy with respect to the maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations performed
after—
(1)
The repair station performs work on the article; and
(2)
An inspector inspects the article on which the
repair station has performed work and determines it
to be airworthy with respect to the work performed.
(c)
For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
section, an inspector must meet the requirements of
145.155.
(d)
Except for individuals employed by a repair station
located outside the United States, only an employee
certificated under part 65 is authorized to sign off
on final inspections and maintenance releases for
the repair station.
(a)
A certificated repair station with a limited rating
may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations on an article if the article is listed
on a current capability list acceptable to the
AFRO-CAA or on the repair station's operations
specifications.
(b)
The capability list must identify each article by
make and model or other nomenclature designated by
the article's manufacturer and be available in a
format acceptable to the AFRO-CAA.
(c)
An article may be listed on the capability list only
if the article is within the scope of the ratings of
the repair station's certificate, and only after the
repair station has performed a self-evaluation in
accordance with the procedures under 145.209(d)(2).
The repair station must perform this self-evaluation
to determine that the repair station has all of the
housing, facilities, equipment, material, technical
data, processes, and trained personnel in place to
perform the work on the article as required by part
145. The repair station must retain on file
documentation of the evaluation.
(d)
Upon listing an additional article on its capability
list, the repair station must provide its
certificate holding district office with a copy of
the revised list in accordance with the procedures
required in 145.209(d)(1).
(a)
A certificated repair station may contract a
maintenance function pertaining to an article to an
outside source provided—
(1)
The AFRO-CAA approves the maintenance function to be
contracted to the outside source; and
(2)
The repair station maintains and makes available to
its certificate holding district office, in a format
acceptable to the AFRO-CAA, the following
information:
(i)
The maintenance functions contracted to each outside
facility; and
(ii)
The name of each outside facility to whom the repair
station contracts maintenance functions and the type
of certificate and ratings, if any, held by each
facility.
(b)
A certificated repair station may contract a
maintenance function pertaining to an article to a
non-certificated person provided—
(1)
The non-certificated person follows a quality
control system equivalent to the system followed by
the certificated repair station;
(2)
The certificated repair station remains directly in
charge of the work performed by the non-certificated
person; and
(3)
The certificated repair station verifies, by test
and/or inspection, that the work has been performed
satisfactorily by the non-certificated person and
that the article is airworthy before approving it
for return to service.
(c)
A certificated repair station may not provide only
approval for return to service of a complete
type-certificated product following contract
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
(a)
A certificated repair station must retain records in
English, French or Arabic that demonstrate
compliance with the requirements of part 43. The
records must be retained in a format acceptable to
the AFRO-CAA.
(b)
A certificated repair station must provide a copy of
the maintenance release to the owner or operator of
the article on which the maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alteration was performed.
(c)
A certificated repair station must retain the
records required by this section 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 AFRO-CAA and
the National Transportation Safety Board.
(a)
A certificated repair station must report to the
AFRO-CAA within 96 hours after it discovers any
serious failure, malfunction, or defect of an
article. The report must be in a format acceptable
to the AFRO-CAA.
(b)
The report required under paragraph (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 article;
(3)
Date of the discovery of the failure, malfunction,
or defect;
(4)
Nature of the failure, malfunctions, or defect;
(5)
Time since last overhaul, if applicable;
(6)
Apparent cause of the failure, malfunction, or
defect; and
(7)
Other pertinent information that is necessary for
more complete identification, determination of
seriousness, or corrective action.
(c)
The holder of a repair station certificate that is
also the holder of a part 121, 125, or 135
certificate; type certificate (including a
supplemental type certificate); parts manufacturer
approval; or technical standard order authorization,
or that is the licensee of a type certificate
holder, does not need to report a failure,
malfunction, or defect under this section if the
failure, malfunction, or defect has been reported
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, provided the report
meets the requirements of part 121 of this chapter,
as appropriate.
(2)
A part 125 certificate holder, provided the report
meets the requirements of part 125 of this chapter,
as appropriate.
(3)
A part 135 certificate holder, provided the report
meets the requirements of part 135 of the chapter,
as appropriate.
(e)
A certificated repair station authorized to report a
failure, malfunction, 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.
(a)
A certificated repair station must allow the
AFRO-CAA to inspect that repair station at any time
to determine compliance with this chapter.
(b)
A certificated repair station may not contract for
the performance of a maintenance function on an
article with a non-certificated person unless it
provides in its contract with the non-certificated
person that the AFRO-CAA may make an inspection and
observe the performance of the non-certificated
person's work on the article.
(c)
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