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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition)
§ 26.43
with §§ 121.1109 and 129.109 of this chap-
ter.
(d)
Future repair data not published.
For repair data developed by a holder
of a type certificate that are approved
after January 11, 2008 and are not pub-
lished, the type certificate holder must
accomplish the following for repairs
specified in the repair data that affect
fatigue critical baseline structure:
(1) Perform a DTE and develop the
DTI.
(2) Submit the DT data required in
paragraph (d)(1) of this section for re-
view and approval by the responsible
Aircraft Certification Service office or
its properly authorized designees.
(3) Upon approval, make the approved
DTI available to persons required to
comply with §§ 121.1109 and 129.109 of
this chapter.
(e)
Repair evaluation guidelines.
Ex-
cept for airplane models whose type
certificate is issued after January 11,
2008, holders of a type certificate for
each airplane model subject to this sec-
tion must—
(1) Develop repair evaluation guide-
lines for operators’ use that include—
(i) A process for conducting surveys
of affected airplanes that will enable
identification and documentation of all
existing repairs that affect fatigue
critical baseline structure identified
under paragraph (b)(1) of this section
and § 26.45(b)(2);
(ii) A process that will enable opera-
tors to obtain the DTI for repairs iden-
tified under paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this
section; and
(iii) An implementation schedule for
repairs covered by the repair evalua-
tion guidelines. The implementation
schedule must identify times when ac-
tions must be taken as specific num-
bers of airplane flight hours, flight cy-
cles, or both.
(2) Submit the repair evaluation
guidelines to the responsible Aircraft
Certification Service office for review
and approval.
(3) Upon approval, make the guide-
lines available to persons required to
comply with §§ 121.1109 and 129.109 of
this chapter.
(4) If the guidelines direct the oper-
ator to obtain assistance from the
holder of a type certificate, make such
assistance available in accordance with
the implementation schedule.
(f)
Compliance times.
Holders of type
certificates must submit the following
to the responsible Aircraft Certifi-
cation Service office or its properly au-
thorized designees for review and ap-
proval by the specified compliance
time:
(1) The identified list of fatigue crit-
ical baseline structure required by
paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be
submitted no later than 180 days after
January 11, 2008 or before issuance of
the type certificate, whichever occurs
later.
(2) For published repair data that are
current as of January 11, 2008, the DT
data required by paragraph (c)(3) of
this section must be submitted by June
30, 2009.
(3) For repair data published after
January 11, 2008, the DT data required
by paragraph (c)(3) of this section must
be submitted before FAA approval of
the repair data.
(4) For unpublished repair data devel-
oped after January 11, 2008, the DT
data required by paragraph (d)(1) of
this section must be submitted within
12 months of the airplane’s return to
service or in accordance with a sched-
ule approved by the responsible Air-
craft Certification Service office.
(5) The repair evaluation guidelines
required by paragraph (e)(1) of this sec-
tion must be submitted by December
30, 2009.
(g)
Exceptions.
The requirements of
this section do not apply to the fol-
lowing transport category airplane
models:
(1) Convair CV–240, 340, 440, if modi-
fied to include turbine engines.
(2) Vickers Armstrong Viscount,
TCDS No. A–814.
(3) Douglas DC–3, if modified to in-
clude turbine engines, TCDS No. A–618.
(4) Bombardier CL–44, TCDS No.
1A20.
(5) Mitsubishi YS–11, TCDS No.
A1PC.
(6) British Aerospace BAC 1–11, TCDS
No. A5EU.
(7) Concorde, TCDS No. A45EU.
(8) deHavilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C,
TCDS No. 7A10.
(9) deHavilland DHC–7, TCDS No.
A20EA.
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