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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

Pt. 43, App. A 

U.S. aeronautical product 

means any 

aeronautical product under airworthi-
ness regulation by the FAA. 

(b) 

Applicability. 

This section does not 

apply to any U.S. aeronautical prod-
ucts maintained or altered under any 
bilateral agreement made between 
Canada and any country other than the 
United States. 

(c) 

Authorized persons. 

(1) A person 

holding a valid Transport Canada Civil 
Aviation Maintenance Engineer license 
and appropriate ratings may, with re-
spect to a U.S.-registered aircraft lo-
cated in Canada, perform maintenance, 
preventive maintenance, and alter-
ations in accordance with the require-
ments of paragraph (d) of this section 
and approve the affected aircraft for 
return to service in accordance with 
the requirements of paragraph (e) of 
this section. 

(2) A Transport Canada Civil Avia-

tion Approved Maintenance Organiza-
tion (AMO) holding appropriate ratings 
may, with respect to a U.S.-registered 
aircraft or other U.S. aeronautical 
products located in Canada, perform 
maintenance, preventive maintenance, 
and alterations in accordance with the 
requirements of paragraph (d) of this 
section and approve the affected prod-
ucts for return to service in accordance 
with the requirements of paragraph (e) 
of this section. 

(d) 

Performance requirements. 

A person 

authorized in paragraph (c) of this sec-
tion may perform maintenance (includ-
ing any inspection required by Sec. 
91.409 of this chapter, except an annual 
inspection), preventive maintenance, 
and alterations, provided— 

(1) The person performing the work is 

authorized by Transport Canada Civil 
Aviation to perform the same type of 
work with respect to Canadian aero-
nautical products; 

(2) The maintenance, preventive 

maintenance, or alteration is per-
formed in accordance with a Bilateral 
Aviation Safety Agreement between 
the United States and Canada and asso-
ciated Maintenance Implementation 
Procedures that provide a level of safe-
ty equivalent to that provided by the 
provisions of this chapter; 

(3) The maintenance, preventive 

maintenance, or alteration is per-
formed such that the affected product 

complies with the applicable require-
ments of part 36 of this chapter; and 

(4) The maintenance, preventive 

maintenance, or alteration is recorded 
in accordance with a Bilateral Aviation 
Safety Agreement between the United 
States and Canada and associated 
Maintenance Implementation Proce-
dures that provide a level of safety 
equivalent to that provided by the pro-
visions of this chapter. 

(e) 

Approval requirements. 

(1) To re-

turn an affected product to service, a 
person authorized in paragraph (c) of 
this section must approve (certify) 
maintenance, preventive maintenance, 
and alterations performed under this 
section, except that an Aircraft Main-
tenance Engineer may not approve a 
major repair or major alteration. 

(2) An AMO whose system of quality 

control for the maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, alteration, and in-
spection of aeronautical products has 
been approved by Transport Canada 
Civil Aviation, or an authorized em-
ployee performing work for such an 
AMO, may approve (certify) a major re-
pair or major alteration performed 
under this section if the work was per-
formed in accordance with technical 
data approved by the FAA. 

(f) No person may operate in air com-

merce an aircraft, airframe, aircraft 
engine, propeller, or appliance on 
which maintenance, preventive main-
tenance, or alteration has been per-
formed under this section unless it has 
been approved for return to service by 
a person authorized in this section. 

[Amdt. 43–33, 56 FR 57571, Nov. 12, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 43–40, 71 FR 40877, July 14, 
2005] 

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(a) 

Major alterations

—(1) 

Airframe major al-

terations. 

Alterations of the following parts 

and alterations of the following types, when 
not listed in the aircraft specifications 
issued by the FAA, are airframe major alter-
ations: 

(i) Wings. 
(ii) Tail surfaces. 
(iii) Fuselage. 
(iv) Engine mounts. 
(v) Control system. 
(vi) Landing gear. 
(vii) Hull or floats. 

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