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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 129.115 

(10) Lockheed L–300 

[Amdt. 129–43, 72 FR 63413, Nov. 8, 2007, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
129–53, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 129.115

Limit of validity. 

(a) 

Applicability. 

This section applies 

to foreign air carriers or foreign per-
sons operating any U.S.-registered 
transport category, turbine-powered 
airplane with a maximum takeoff gross 
weight greater than 75,000 pounds and a 
type certificate issued after January 1, 
1958, regardless of whether the max-
imum takeoff gross weight is a result 
of an original type certificate or a 
later design change. This section also 
applies to foreign air carriers or for-
eign persons operating any other U.S.- 
registered transport category, turbine- 
powered airplane with a type certifi-
cate issued after January 1, 1958, re-
gardless of the maximum takeoff gross 
weight, for which a limit of validity of 
the engineering data that supports the 
structural maintenance program (here-
after referred to as LOV) is required in 
accordance with § 25.571 or § 26.21 of this 
chapter after January 14, 2011. 

(b) 

Limit of validity. 

No foreign air 

carrier or foreign person may operate a 
U.S.-registered airplane identified in 
paragraph (a) of this section after the 
applicable date identified in Table 1 of 
this section, unless an Airworthiness 
Limitations section (ALS) approved 
under Appendix H to part 25 or § 26.21 of 
this chapter is incorporated into its 
maintenance program. The ALS must— 

(1) Include an LOV approved under 

§ 25.571 or § 26.21 of this chapter, as ap-
plicable, except as provided in para-
graph (f) of this section; and 

(2) Be clearly distinguishable within 

its maintenance program. 

(c) 

Operation of airplanes excluded 

from § 26.21. 

No certificate holder may 

operate an airplane identified in 

§ 26.21(g) of this chapter after July 14, 
2013, unless an ALS approved under Ap-
pendix H to part 25 or § 26.21 of this 
chapter is incorporated into its main-
tenance program. The ALS must— 

(1) Include an LOV approved under 

§ 25.571 or § 26.21 of this chapter, as ap-
plicable, except as provided in para-
graph (f) of this section; and 

(2) Be clearly distinguishable within 

its maintenance program 

(d) 

Extended limit of validity. 

No for-

eign air carrier or foreign person may 
operate an airplane beyond the LOV or 
extended LOV specified in paragraph 
(b)(1), (c), (d), or (f) of this section, as 
applicable, unless the following condi-
tions are met: 

(1) An ALS must be incorporated into 

its maintenance program that— 

(i) Includes an extended LOV and any 

widespread fatigue damage airworthi-
ness limitation items (ALIs) approved 
under § 26.23 of this chapter; and 

(ii) Is approved under § 26.23 of this 

chapter; 

(2) The extended LOV and the air-

worthiness limitation items pertaining 
to widespread fatigue damage must be 
clearly distinguishable within its 
maintenance program. 

(e) 

Principal Maintenance Inspector ap-

proval. 

Foreign air carriers or foreign 

persons must submit the maintenance 
program revisions required by para-
graphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section to 
the Principal Maintenance Inspector or 
Flight Standards office for review and 
approval. 

(f) 

Exception. 

For any airplane for 

which an LOV has not been approved as 
of the applicable compliance date spec-
ified in paragraph (c) or Table 1 of this 
section, instead of including an ap-
proved LOV in the ALS, an operator 
must include the applicable default 
LOV specified in Table 1 or Table 2 of 
this section, as applicable, in the ALS. 

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UBJECT TO

§ 26.21 

Airplane model 

Compliance Date— 

months after 

January 14, 2011 

Default LOV 

[flight cycles (FC) 

or flight hours (FH)] 

Airbus—Existing

1

Models Only: 

A300 B2–1A, B2–1C, B2K–3C, B2–203 .....................................

30 ....................................

48,000 FC 

A300 B4–2C, B4–103 .................................................................

30 ....................................

40,000 FC 

A300 B4–203 ...............................................................................

30 ....................................

34,000 FC 

A300–600 Series .........................................................................

60 ....................................

30,000 FC/67,500 FH 

A310–200 Series .........................................................................

60 ....................................

40,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A310–300 Series .........................................................................

60 ....................................

35,000 FC/60,000 FH 

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