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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 65.104 

Subpart E—Repairmen 

§ 65.101

Eligibility requirements: Gen-

eral. 

(a) To be eligible for a repairman cer-

tificate a person must— 

(1) Be at least 18 years of age; 
(2) Be specially qualified to perform 

maintenance on aircraft or components 
thereof, appropriate to the job for 
which he is employed; 

(3) Be employed for a specific job re-

quiring those special qualifications by 
a certificated repair station, or by a 
certificated commercial operator or 
certificated air carrier, that is required 
by its operating certificate or approved 
operations specifications to provide a 
continuous airworthiness maintenance 
program according to its maintenance 
manuals; 

(4) Be recommended for certification 

by his employer, to the satisfaction of 
the Administrator, as able to satisfac-
torily maintain aircraft or compo-
nents, appropriate to the job for which 
he is employed; 

(5) Have either— 
(i) At least 18 months of practical ex-

perience in the procedures, practices, 
inspection methods, materials, tools, 
machine tools, and equipment gen-
erally used in the maintenance duties 
of the specific job for which the person 
is to be employed and certificated; or 

(ii) Completed formal training that is 

acceptable to the Administrator and is 
specifically designed to qualify the ap-
plicant for the job on which the appli-
cant is to be employed; and 

(6) Be able to read, write, speak, and 

understand the English language, or, in 
the case of an applicant who does not 
meet this requirement and who is em-
ployed outside the United States by a 
certificated repair station, a certifi-
cated U.S. commercial operator, or a 
certificated U.S. air carrier, described 
in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, have 
this certificate endorsed ‘‘Valid only 
outside the United States.’’ 

(b) This section does not apply to the 

issuance of a repairman certificate (ex-
perimental aircraft builder) under 

§ 65.104 or to a repairman certificate 
(light-sport aircraft) under § 65.107. 

[Doc. No. 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, as 
amended by Amdt. 65–11, 32 FR 13506, Sept. 
27, 1967; Amdt. 65–24, 44 FR 46781, Aug. 9, 1979; 
Amdt. 65–27, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982; Amdt. 
65–45, 69 FR 44879, July 27, 2004; 72 FR 7739, 
Feb. 20, 2007] 

§ 65.103

Repairman certificate: Privi-

leges and limitations. 

(a) A certificated repairman may per-

form or supervise the maintenance, 
preventive maintenance, or alteration 
of aircraft or aircraft components ap-
propriate to the job for which the re-
pairman was employed and certifi-
cated, but only in connection with du-
ties for the certificate holder by whom 
the repairman was employed and rec-
ommended. 

(b) A certificated repairman may not 

perform or supervise duties under the 
repairman certificate unless the repair-
man understands the current instruc-
tions of the certificate holder by whom 
the repairman is employed and the 
manufacturer’s instructions for contin-
ued airworthiness relating to the spe-
cific operations concerned. 

(c) This section does not apply to the 

holder of a repairman certificate 
(light-sport aircraft) while that repair-
man is performing work under that 
certificate. 

[Doc. No. 18241, 45 FR 46738, July 10, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 65–45, 69 FR 44879, July 27, 
2004] 

§ 65.104

Repairman certificate—experi-

mental aircraft builder—Eligibility, 
privileges and limitations. 

(a) To be eligible for a repairman cer-

tificate (experimental aircraft builder), 
an individual must— 

(1) Be at least 18 years of age; 
(2) Be the primary builder of the air-

craft to which the privileges of the cer-
tificate are applicable; 

(3) Show to the satisfaction of the 

Administrator that the individual has 
the requisite skill to determine wheth-
er the aircraft is in a condition for safe 
operations; and 

(4) Be a citizen of the United States 

or an individual citizen of a foreign 
country who has lawfully been admit-
ted for permanent residence in the 
United States. 

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