Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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]

Section 129.115 Limit of validity.
(a) Applicability. This section applies
to foreign air carriers or foreign persons 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 maximum 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 foreign persons operating any other U.S.registered transport category, turbinepowered airplane with a type certificate issued after January 1, 1958, regardless of the maximum takeoff gross
weight, for which a limit of validity of
the engineering data that supports the
structural maintenance program (hereafter referred to as LOV) is required in
accordance with Section 25.571 or Section 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 Section 26.21 of
this chapter is incorporated into its
maintenance program. The ALS must - 
(1) Include an LOV approved under
Section 25.571 or Section 26.21 of this chapter, as applicable, except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section; and
(2) Be clearly distinguishable within
its maintenance program.
(c) Operation of airplanes excluded
from Section 26.21. No certificate holder may
operate an airplane identified in

Section 26.21(g) of this chapter after July 14,
2013, unless an ALS approved under Appendix H to part 25 or Section 26.21 of this
chapter is incorporated into its maintenance program. The ALS must - 
(1) Include an LOV approved under
Section 25.571 or Section 26.21 of this chapter, as applicable, except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section; and
(2) Be clearly distinguishable within
its maintenance program
(d) Extended limit of validity. No foreign 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 conditions are met:
(1) An ALS must be incorporated into
its maintenance program that - 
(i) Includes an extended LOV and any
widespread fatigue damage airworthiness limitation items (ALIs) approved
under Section 26.23 of this chapter; and
(ii) Is approved under Section 26.23 of this
chapter;
(2) The extended LOV and the airworthiness limitation items pertaining
to widespread fatigue damage must be
clearly distinguishable within its
maintenance program.
(e) Principal Maintenance Inspector approval. Foreign air carriers or foreign
persons must submit the maintenance
program revisions required by paragraphs (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 specified in paragraph (c) or Table 1 of this
section, instead of including an approved 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.

TABLE 1 - AIRPLANES SUBJECT TO Section 26.21
Compliance Date - 
months after
January 14, 2011

Airplane model
Airbus - Existing 1 Models Only:
A300 B2-1A, B2-1C, B2K-3C, B2-203 .....................................
A300 B4-2C, B4-103 .................................................................
A300 B4-203 ...............................................................................
A300-600 Series .........................................................................
A310-200 Series .........................................................................
A310-300 Series .........................................................................

30
30
30
60
60
60

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Default LOV
[flight cycles (FC)
or flight hours (FH)]

48,000
40,000
34,000
30,000
40,000
35,000

FC
FC
FC
FC/67,500 FH
FC/60,000 FH
FC/60,000 FH

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