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Section 43.5

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

135 of this chapter. The holder of a
sport pilot certificate may perform
preventive maintenance on an aircraft
owned or operated by that pilot and
issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph (g) of this section, the Administrator may approve a certificate
holder under Part 135 of this chapter,
operating rotorcraft in a remote area,
to allow a pilot to perform specific preventive maintenance items provided - 
(1) The items of preventive maintenance are a result of a known or suspected mechanical difficulty or malfunction that occurred en route to or
in a remote area;
(2) The pilot has satisfactorily completed an approved training program
and is authorized in writing by the certificate holder for each item of preventive maintenance that the pilot is authorized to perform;
(3) There is no certificated mechanic
available to perform preventive maintenance;
(4) The certificate holder has procedures to evaluate the accomplishment
of a preventive maintenance item that
requires a decision concerning the airworthiness of the rotorcraft; and
(5) The items of preventive maintenance authorized by this section are
those listed in paragraph (c) of appendix A of this part.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph (g) of this section, in accordance with an approval issued to the
holder of a certificate issued under part
135 of this chapter, a pilot of an aircraft type-certificated for 9 or fewer
passenger seats, excluding any pilot
seat, may perform the removal and reinstallation of approved aircraft cabin
seats, approved cabin-mounted stretchers, and when no tools are required, approved cabin-mounted medical oxygen
bottles, provided - 
(1) The pilot has satisfactorily completed an approved training program
and is authorized in writing by the certificate holder to perform each task;
and
(2) The certificate holder has written
procedures available to the pilot to
evaluate the accomplishment of the
task.
(j) A manufacturer may - 

(1) Rebuild or alter any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance
manufactured by him under a type or
production certificate;
(2) Rebuild or alter any appliance or
part of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances manufactured by
him under a Technical Standard Order
Authorization, an FAA-Parts Manufacturer Approval, or Product and Process
Specification issued by the Administrator; and
(3) Perform any inspection required
by part 91 or part 125 of this chapter on
aircraft it manufactured under a type
certificate, or currently manufactures
under a production certificate.
(k) Updates of databases in installed
avionics meeting the conditions of this
paragraph are not considered maintenance and may be performed by pilots
provided:
(1) The database upload is:
(i) Initiated from the flight deck;
(ii) Performed without disassembling
the avionics unit; and
(iii) Performed without the use of
tools and/or special equipment.
(2) The pilot must comply with the
certificate holder-s procedures or the
manufacturer-s instructions.
(3) The holder of operating certificates must make available written procedures consistent with manufacturer-s
instructions to the pilot that describe
how to:
(i) Perform the database update; and
(ii) Determine the status of the data
upload.
[Doc. No. 1993, 29 FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 43-4, 31 FR 5249, Apr. 1,
1966; Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41084, Sept. 16, 1982;
Amdt. 43-25, 51 FR 40702, Nov. 7, 1986; Amdt.
43-36, 61 FR 19501, May 1, 1996; Amdt. 43-37, 66
FR 21066, Apr. 27, 2001; Amdt. 43-39, 69 FR
44863, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 43-43, 74 FR 53394,
Oct. 16, 2009; Amdt. 43-45, 77 FR 71096, Nov.
29, 2012]

Section 43.5 Approval for return to service
after
maintenance,
preventive
maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration.
No person may approve for return to
service any aircraft, airframe, aircraft
engine, propeller, or appliance, that
has undergone maintenance, preventive
maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration
unless - 

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