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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 145.213 

ensures the airworthiness of the arti-
cles on which the repair station or any 
of its contractors performs mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations. 

(b) Repair station personnel must fol-

low the quality control system when 
performing maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations under the 
repair station certificate and oper-
ations specifications. 

(c) A certificated repair station must 

prepare and keep current a quality con-
trol manual in a format acceptable to 
the FAA that includes the following: 

(1) A description of the system and 

procedures used for— 

(i) Inspecting incoming raw mate-

rials to ensure acceptable quality; 

(ii) Performing preliminary inspec-

tion of all articles that are maintained; 

(iii) Inspecting all articles that have 

been involved in an accident for hidden 
damage before maintenance, preven-
tive maintenance, or alteration is per-
formed; 

(iv) Establishing and maintaining 

proficiency of inspection personnel; 

(v) Establishing and maintaining cur-

rent technical data for maintaining ar-
ticles; 

(vi) Qualifying and surveilling non-

certificated persons who perform main-
tenance, prevention maintenance, or 
alterations for the repair station; 

(vii) Performing final inspection and 

return to service of maintained arti-
cles; 

(viii) Calibrating measuring and test 

equipment used in maintaining arti-
cles, including the intervals at which 
the equipment will be calibrated; and 

(ix) Taking corrective action on defi-

ciencies; 

(2) References, where applicable, to 

the manufacturer’s inspection stand-
ards for a particular article, including 
reference to any data specified by that 
manufacturer; 

(3) A sample of the inspection and 

maintenance forms and instructions 
for completing such forms or a ref-
erence to a separate forms manual; and 

(4) Procedures for revising the qual-

ity control manual required under this 
section and notifying the responsible 
Flight Standards office of the revi-
sions, including how often the respon-

sible Flight Standards office will be no-
tified of revisions. 

(d) A certificated repair station must 

notify its responsible Flight Standards 
office of revisions to its quality control 
manual. 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 
6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 145–32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 145.213

Inspection of maintenance, 

preventive maintenance, or alter-
ations. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

inspect each article upon which it has 
performed maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations as de-
scribed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section before approving that article 
for return to service. 

(b) A certificated repair station must 

certify on an article’s maintenance re-
lease that the article is airworthy with 
respect to the maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, or alterations performed 
after— 

(1) The repair station performs work 

on the article; and 

(2) An inspector inspects the article 

on which the repair station has per-
formed work and determines it to be 
airworthy with respect to the work 
performed. 

(c) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) 

and (b) of this section, an inspector 
must meet the requirements of 
§ 145.155. 

(d) Except for individuals employed 

by a repair station located outside the 
United States, only an employee appro-
priately certificated as a mechanic or 
repairman under part 65 is authorized 
to sign off on final inspections and 
maintenance releases for the repair 
station. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1999–5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 
2001, as amended by Amdt. 145–30, 79 FR 
46985, Aug. 12, 2014] 

§ 145.215

Capability list. 

(a) A certificated repair station with 

a limited rating may perform mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations on an article if the article is 
listed on a current capability list ac-
ceptable to the FAA or on the repair 
station’s operations specifications. 

(b) The capability list must identify 

each article by make and model or 

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