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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 129.107 

(3) 

Airplanes not exceeding 14 years in 

service on 

December 8, 2003; 

initial and 

repetitive inspections and records reviews. 

For an airplane that has not exceeded 
14 years in service on December 8, 2003, 
no later than 5 years after the start of 
the airplane’s 15th year in service and 
thereafter at intervals not to exceed 7 
years. 

(b) 

Unforeseen schedule conflict. 

In the 

event of an unforeseen scheduling con-
flict for a specific airplane, the Admin-
istrator may approve an extension of 
up to 90 days beyond an interval speci-
fied in paragraph (b) of this section. 

(c) 

Airplane and records availability. 

The foreign air carrier or foreign per-
son must make available to the Admin-
istrator each U.S.-registered multien-
gine airplane for which an inspection 
and records review is required under 
this section, in a condition for inspec-
tion specified by the Administrator, to-
gether with the records containing the 
following information: 

(1) Total years in service of the air-

plane; 

(2) Total time in service of the air-

frame; 

(3) Total flight cycles of the air-

frame; 

(4) Date of the last inspection and 

records review required by this section; 

(5) Current status of life-limited 

parts of the airframe; 

(6) Time since the last overhaul of all 

structural components required to be 
overhauled on a specific time basis; 

(7) Current inspection status of the 

airplane, including the time since the 
last inspection required by the inspec-
tion program under which the airplane 
is maintained; 

(8) Current status of applicable air-

worthiness directives, including the 
date and methods of compliance, and if 
the airworthiness directive involves re-
curring action, the time and date when 
the next action is required; 

(9) A list of major structural alter-

ations; and 

(10) A report of major structural re-

pairs and the current inspection status 
for those repairs. 

(d) 

Notification to Administrator. 

Each 

foreign air carrier or foreign person 
must notify the Administrator at least 
60 days before the date on which the 
airplane and airplane records will be 

made available for the inspection and 
records review. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5401, 67 FR 72763, Dec. 6, 
2002, as amended by Amdt. 129–34, 70 FR 5533, 
Feb. 2, 2005; Amdt. 129–41, 70 FR 23936, May 6, 
2005. Redesignated by Amdt. 129–43, 72 FR 
63413, Nov. 8, 2007] 

§ 129.107

Repairs assessment for pres-

surized fuselages. 

(a) No foreign air carrier or foreign 

persons operating a U.S. registered air-
plane may operate an Airbus Model 
A300 (excluding 

¥

600 series), British 

Aerospace Model BAC 1–11, Boeing 
Model 707, 720, 727, 737, or 747, McDon-
nell Douglas Model DC–8, DC–9/MD–80 
or DC–10, Fokker Model F28, or Lock-
heed Model L–1011 beyond the applica-
ble flight cycle implementation time 
specified below, or May 25, 2001, which-
ever occurs later, unless operations 
specifications have been issued to ref-
erence repair assessment guidelines ap-
plicable to the fuselage pressure bound-
ary (fuselage skin, door skin, and bulk-
head webs), and those guidelines are in-
corporated in its maintenance pro-
gram. The repair assessment guidelines 
must be approved by the responsible 
Aircraft Certification Service office for 
the type certificate for the affected air-
plane. 

(1) For the Airbus Model A300 (ex-

cluding the –600 series), the flight cycle 
implementation time is: 

(i) Model B2: 36,000 flights. 
(ii) Model B4–100 (including Model 

B4–2C): 30,000 flights above the window 
line, and 36,000 flights below the win-
dow line. 

(iii) Model B4–200: 25,500 flights above 

the window line, and 34,000 flights 
below the window line. 

(2) For all models of the British Aero-

space BAC 1–11, the flight cycle imple-
mentation time is 60,000 flights. 

(3) For all models of the Boeing 707, 

the flight cycle implementation time is 
15,000 flights. 

(4) For all models of the Boeing 720, 

the flight cycle implementation time is 
23,000 flights. 

(5) For all models of the Boeing 727, 

the flight cycle implementation time is 
45,000 flights. 

(6) For all models of the Boeing 737, 

the flight cycle implementation time is 
60,00 flights. 

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