Section 135.417

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

Section 135.417 Mechanical
interruption
summary report.
Each certificate holder shall mail or
deliver, before the end of the 10th day
of the following month, a summary report of the following occurrences in
multiengine aircraft for the preceding
month to the responsible Flight Standards office:
(a) Each interruption to a flight, unscheduled change of aircraft en route,
or unscheduled stop or diversion from a
route, caused by known or suspected
mechanical difficulties or malfunctions
that are not required to be reported
under Section 135.415.
(b)
The
number
of
propeller
featherings in flight, listed by type of
propeller and engine and aircraft on
which it was installed. Propeller
featherings for training, demonstration, or flight check purposes need not
be reported.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135-60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26,
1996; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 135-139, 83
FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 135.419 Approved aircraft inspection
program.
(a) Whenever the Administrator finds
that the aircraft inspections required
or allowed under part 91 of this chapter
are not adequate to meet this part, or
upon application by a certificate holder, the Administrator may amend the
certificate holder-s operations specifications under Section 119.51, to require or
allow an approved aircraft inspection
program for any make and model aircraft of which the certificate holder
has the exclusive use of at least one
aircraft (as defined in Section 135.25(b)).
(b) A certificate holder who applies
for an amendment of its operations
specifications to allow an approved aircraft inspection program must submit
that program with its application for
approval by the Administrator.
(c) Each certificate holder who is required by its operations specifications
to have an approved aircraft inspection
program shall submit a program for approval by the Administrator within 30
days of the amendment of its operations specifications or within any
other period that the Administrator
may prescribe in the operations specifications.

(d) The aircraft inspection program
submitted for approval by the Administrator must contain the following:
(1) Instructions and procedures for
the conduct of aircraft inspections
(which must include necessary tests
and checks), setting forth in detail the
parts and areas of the airframe, engines, propellers, rotors, and appliances, including emergency equipment,
that must be inspected.
(2) A schedule for the performance of
the aircraft inspections under paragraph (d)(1) of this section expressed in
terms of the time in service, calendar
time, number of system operations, or
any combination of these.
(3) Instructions and procedures for
recording discrepancies found during
inspections and correction or deferral
of discrepancies including form and
disposition of records.
(e) After approval, the certificate
holder shall include the approved aircraft inspection program in the manual
required by Section 135.21.
(f) Whenever the Administrator finds
that revisions to an approved aircraft
inspection program are necessary for
the continued adequacy of the program, the certificate holder shall, after
notification by the Administrator,
make any changes in the program
found by the Administrator to be necessary. The certificate holder may petition the Administrator to reconsider
the notice to make any changes in a
program. The petition must be filed
with the representatives of the Administrator assigned to it within 30 days
after the certificate holder receives the
notice. Except in the case of an emergency requiring immediate action in
the interest of safety, the filing of the
petition stays the notice pending a decision by the Administrator.
(g) Each certificate holder who has
an approved aircraft inspection program shall have each aircraft that is
subject to the program inspected in accordance with the program.
(h) The registration number of each
aircraft that is subject to an approved
aircraft inspection program must be included in the operations specifications
of the certificate holder.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135-104, 71 FR 536, Jan. 4,
2006]

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