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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.1115 

accordance with that inspection pro-
gram. 

(a) The inspection program must be 

in writing and include at least the fol-
lowing information: 

(1) Instructions and procedures for 

the conduct of inspections for the par-
ticular make and model aircraft, in-
cluding necessary tests and checks. 
The instructions and procedures must 
set forth in detail the parts and areas 
of the airframe, engines, propellers, ro-
tors, and appliances, including survival 
and emergency equipment required to 
be inspected. 

(2) A schedule for performing the in-

spections that must be accomplished 
under the inspection program ex-
pressed in terms of the time in service, 
calendar time, number of system oper-
ations, or any combination thereof. 

(3) The name and address of the per-

son responsible for scheduling the in-
spections required by the inspection 
program. A copy of the inspection pro-
gram must be made available to the 
person performing inspections on the 
aircraft and, upon request, to the Ad-
ministrator. 

(b) Each person desiring to establish 

or change an approved inspection pro-
gram under this section must submit 
the inspection program for approval to 
the Flight Standards office that issued 
the program manager’s management 
specifications. The inspection program 
must be derived from one of the fol-
lowing programs: 

(1) An inspection program currently 

recommended by the manufacturer of 
the aircraft, aircraft engines, propel-
lers, appliances, and survival and emer-
gency equipment; 

(2) An inspection program that is 

part of a continuous airworthiness 
maintenance program currently in use 
by a person holding an air carrier or 
operating certificate issued under part 
119 of this chapter and operating that 
make and model aircraft under part 121 
or 135 of this chapter; 

(3) An aircraft inspection program 

approved under § 135.419 of this chapter 
and currently in use under part 135 of 
this chapter by a person holding a cer-
tificate issued under part 119 of this 
chapter; or 

(4) An airplane inspection program 

approved under § 125.247 of this chapter 

and currently in use under part 125 of 
this chapter. 

(5) An inspection program that is 

part of the program manager’s contin-
uous airworthiness maintenance pro-
gram under §§ 91.1411 through 91.1443. 

(c) The Administrator may require 

revision of the inspection program ap-
proved under this section in accordance 
with the provisions of § 91.415. 

[Docket No. FAA–2001–10047, 68 FR 54561, 
Sept. 17, 2003, as amended by Docket FAA– 
2018–0119, Amdt. 91–350, 83 FR 9171, Mar. 5, 
2018] 

§ 91.1111

Maintenance training. 

The program manager must ensure 

that all employees who are responsible 
for maintenance related to program 
aircraft undergo appropriate initial 
and annual recurrent training and are 
competent to perform those duties. 

§ 91.1113

Maintenance recordkeeping. 

Each fractional ownership program 

manager must keep (using the system 
specified in the manual required in 
§ 91.1025) the records specified in 
§ 91.417(a) for the periods specified in 
§ 91.417(b). 

§ 91.1115

Inoperable instruments and 

equipment. 

(a) No person may take off an air-

craft with inoperable instruments or 
equipment installed unless the fol-
lowing conditions are met: 

(1) An approved Minimum Equipment 

List exists for that aircraft. 

(2) The program manager has been 

issued management specifications au-
thorizing operations in accordance 
with an approved Minimum Equipment 
List. The flight crew must have direct 
access at all times prior to flight to all 
of the information contained in the ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List 
through printed or other means ap-
proved by the Administrator in the 
program manager’s management speci-
fications. An approved Minimum 
Equipment List, as authorized by the 
management specifications, con-
stitutes an approved change to the 
type design without requiring recertifi-
cation. 

(3) The approved Minimum Equip-

ment List must: 

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