Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 43.3

(1) The repair or alteration form
specified in SectionSection 43.5(b) and 43.9(d) is not
required to be completed for products
not produced under an FAA approval;
(2) Major repairs and major alterations for products not produced under
an FAA approval are not required to be
recorded in accordance with appendix B
of this part; and
(3) The listing of major alterations
and major repairs specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of appendix A of this
part is not applicable to products not
produced under an FAA approval.
[Doc. No. 1993, 29 FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41084, Sept.
16, 1982; Amdt. 43-37, 66 FR 21066, Apr. 27,
2001; Amdt. 43-38, 67 FR 2109, Jan. 15, 2002;
Amdt. 43-39, 69 FR 44863, July 27, 2004; Amdt.
43-44, 75 FR 5219, Feb. 1, 2010; Docket FAA-
2015-0150, Amdt. 43-48, 81 FR 42208, June 28,
2016]

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Section 43.2 Records of overhaul and rebuilding.
(a) No person may describe in any required maintenance entry or form an
aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part as
being overhauled unless - 
(1) Using methods, techniques, and
practices acceptable to the Administrator, it has been disassembled,
cleaned, inspected, repaired as necessary, and reassembled; and
(2) It has been tested in accordance
with approved standards and technical
data, or in accordance with current
standards and technical data acceptable to the Administrator, which have
been developed and documented by the
holder of the type certificate, supplemental type certificate, or a material,
part, process, or appliance approval
under part 21 of this chapter.
(b) No person may describe in any required maintenance entry or form an
aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part as
being rebuilt unless it has been disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired
as necessary, reassembled, and tested
to the same tolerances and limits as a
new item, using either new parts or
used parts that either conform to new
part tolerances and limits or to ap-

proved oversized or undersized dimensions.
[Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41084, Sept. 16, 1982, as
amended by Amdt. 43-43, 74 FR 53394, Oct. 16,
2009]

Section 43.3 Persons authorized to perform
maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alterations.
(a) Except as provided in this section
and Section 43.17, no person may maintain, rebuild, alter, or perform preventive
maintenance on an aircraft, airframe,
aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or
component part to which this part applies. Those items, the performance of
which is a major alteration, a major repair, or preventive maintenance, are
listed in appendix A.
(b) The holder of a mechanic certificate may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations
as provided in Part 65 of this chapter.
(c) The holder of a repairman certificate may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations
as provided in part 65 of this chapter.
(d) A person working under the supervision of a holder of a mechanic or
repairman certificate may perform the
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alterations that his supervisor is
authorized to perform, if the supervisor
personally observes the work being
done to the extent necessary to ensure
that it is being done properly and if the
supervisor is readily available, in person, for consultation. However, this
paragraph does not authorize the performance of any inspection required by
Part 91 or Part 125 of this chapter or
any inspection performed after a major
repair or alteration.
(e) The holder of a repair station certificate may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations
as provided in Part 145 of this chapter.
(f) The holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate issued under Part 121 or 135,
may perform maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations as provided in Part 121 or 135.
(g) Except for holders of a sport pilot
certificate, the holder of a pilot certificate issued under part 61 may perform
preventive maintenance on any aircraft owned or operated by that pilot
which is not used under part 121, 129, or

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