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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.401 

maintenance and inspection procedures 
developed by the aircraft manufacturer 
or a person acceptable to the FAA; 

(2) A condition inspection is per-

formed once every 12 calendar months 
by a certificated repairman (light-sport 
aircraft) with a maintenance rating, an 
appropriately rated mechanic, or an 
appropriately rated repair station in 
accordance with inspection procedures 
developed by the aircraft manufacturer 
or a person acceptable to the FAA; 

(3) The owner or operator complies 

with all applicable airworthiness direc-
tives; 

(4) The owner or operator complies 

with each safety directive applicable to 
the aircraft that corrects an existing 
unsafe condition. In lieu of complying 
with a safety directive an owner or op-
erator may— 

(i) Correct the unsafe condition in a 

manner different from that specified in 
the safety directive provided the per-
son issuing the directive concurs with 
the action; or 

(ii) Obtain an FAA waiver from the 

provisions of the safety directive based 
on a conclusion that the safety direc-
tive was issued without adhering to the 
applicable consensus standard; 

(5) Each alteration accomplished 

after the aircraft’s date of manufacture 
meets the applicable and current con-
sensus standard and has been author-
ized by either the manufacturer or a 
person acceptable to the FAA; 

(6) Each major alteration to an air-

craft product produced under a con-
sensus standard is authorized, per-
formed and inspected in accordance 
with maintenance and inspection pro-
cedures developed by the manufacturer 
or a person acceptable to the FAA; and 

(7) The owner or operator complies 

with the requirements for the record-
ing of major repairs and major alter-
ations performed on type-certificated 
products in accordance with § 43.9(d) of 
this chapter, and with the retention re-
quirements in § 91.417. 

(c) No person may operate an aircraft 

issued a special airworthiness certifi-
cate in the light-sport category to tow 
a glider or unpowered ultralight vehi-
cle for compensation or hire or conduct 
flight training for compensation or 
hire in an aircraft which that persons 
provides unless within the preceding 

100 hours of time in service the aircraft 
has— 

(1) Been inspected by a certificated 

repairman with a light-sport aircraft 
maintenance rating, an appropriately 
rated mechanic, or an appropriately 
rated repair station in accordance with 
inspection procedures developed by the 
aircraft manufacturer or a person ac-
ceptable to the FAA and been approved 
for return to service in accordance 
with part 43 of this chapter; or 

(2) Received an inspection for the 

issuance of an airworthiness certificate 
in accordance with part 21 of this chap-
ter. 

(d) Each person operating an aircraft 

issued a special airworthiness certifi-
cate in the light-sport category must 
operate the aircraft in accordance with 
the aircraft’s operating instructions, 
including any provisions for necessary 
operating equipment specified in the 
aircraft’s equipment list. 

(e) Each person operating an aircraft 

issued a special airworthiness certifi-
cate in the light-sport category must 
advise each person carried of the spe-
cial nature of the aircraft and that the 
aircraft does not meet the airworthi-
ness requirements for an aircraft 
issued a standard airworthiness certifi-
cate. 

(f) The FAA may prescribe additional 

limitations that it considers necessary. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2001–11133, 69 FR 44881, July 
27, 2004] 

§§ 91.328–91.399

[Reserved] 

Subpart E—Maintenance, Preven-

tive Maintenance, and Alter-
ations 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 18334, 54 FR 34311, Aug. 

18, 1989, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 91.401

Applicability. 

(a) This subpart prescribes rules gov-

erning the maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, and alterations of U.S.- 
registered civil aircraft operating with-
in or outside of the United States. 

(b) Sections 91.405, 91.409, 91.411, 

91.417, and 91.419 of this subpart do not 
apply to an aircraft maintained in ac-
cordance with a continuous airworthi-
ness maintenance program as provided 

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