Section 135.423

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

(c) Unforeseen schedule conflict. In the
event of an unforeseen scheduling conflict for a specific airplane, the Administrator may approve an extension of
up to 90 days beyond an interval specified in paragraph (b) of this section.
(d) Airplane and records availability.
The certificate holder must make
available to the Administrator each
airplane for which an inspection and
records review is required under this
section, in a condition for inspection
specified by the Administrator, together with the records containing the
following information:
(1) Total years in service of the airplane;
(2) Total time in service of the airframe;
(3) Date of the last inspection and
records review required by this section;
(4) Current status of life-limited
parts of the airframe;
(5) Time since the last overhaul of all
structural components required to be
overhauled on a specific time basis;
(6) Current inspection status of the
airplane, including the time since the
last inspection required by the inspection program under which the airplane
is maintained;
(7) Current status of applicable airworthiness directives, including the
date and methods of compliance, and,
if the airworthiness directive involves
recurring action, the time and date
when the next action is required;
(8) A list of major structural alterations; and
(9) A report of major structural repairs and the current inspection status
for these repairs.
(e) Notification to the Administrator.
Each certificate holder 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, 70 FR 5533, Feb. 2,
2005]

Section 135.423 Maintenance,
preventive
maintenance, and alteration organization.
(a) Each certificate holder that performs any of its maintenance (other
than required inspections), preventive
maintenance, or alterations, and each
person with whom it arranges for the

performance of that work, must have
an organization adequate to perform
the work.
(b) Each certificate holder that performs any inspections required by its
manual under Section 135.427(b) (2) or (3), (in
this subpart referred to as required inspections), and each person with whom
it arranges for the performance of that
work, must have an organization adequate to perform that work.
(c) Each person performing required
inspections in addition to other maintenance, preventive maintenance, or
alterations, shall organize the performance of those functions so as to separate the required inspection functions
from the other maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alteration functions. The separation shall be below
the level of administrative control at
which overall responsibility for the required inspection functions and other
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alteration functions is exercised.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978. Redesignated by Amdt. 135-81, 67 FR 72765, Dec.
6, 2002. Redesignated by Amdt. 135-81, 70 FR
5533, Feb. 2, 2005]

Section 135.425 Maintenance,
preventive
maintenance, and alteration programs.
Each certificate holder shall have an
inspection program and a program covering other maintenance, preventive
maintenance, and alterations, that ensures that - 
(a) Maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations performed by it,
or by other persons, are performed
under the certificate holder-s manual;
(b) Competent personnel and adequate facilities and equipment are provided for the proper performance of
maintenance, preventive maintenance,
and alterations; and
(c) Each aircraft released to service
is airworthy and has been properly
maintained for operation under this
part.
Section 135.426 Contract maintenance.
(a) A certificate holder may arrange
with another person for the performance of maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations as authorized
in Section 135.437(a) only if the certificate
holder has met all the requirements in

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