Section 145.213

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

ensures the airworthiness of the articles on which the repair station or any
of its contractors performs maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
(b) Repair station personnel must follow the quality control system when
performing maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations under the
repair station certificate and operations specifications.
(c) A certificated repair station must
prepare and keep current a quality control 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 materials to ensure acceptable quality;
(ii) Performing preliminary inspection of all articles that are maintained;
(iii) Inspecting all articles that have
been involved in an accident for hidden
damage before maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration is performed;
(iv) Establishing and maintaining
proficiency of inspection personnel;
(v) Establishing and maintaining current technical data for maintaining articles;
(vi) Qualifying and surveilling noncertificated persons who perform maintenance, prevention maintenance, or
alterations for the repair station;
(vii) Performing final inspection and
return to service of maintained articles;
(viii) Calibrating measuring and test
equipment used in maintaining articles, including the intervals at which
the equipment will be calibrated; and
(ix) Taking corrective action on deficiencies;
(2) References, where applicable, to
the manufacturer-s inspection standards 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 reference to a separate forms manual; and
(4) Procedures for revising the quality control manual required under this
section and notifying the responsible
Flight Standards office of the revisions, including how often the respon-

sible Flight Standards office will be notified 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]

Section 145.213 Inspection of maintenance,
preventive maintenance, or alterations.
(a) A certificated repair station must
inspect each article upon which it has
performed maintenance, preventive
maintenance, or alterations as described 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 release 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 performed 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
Section 145.155.
(d) Except for individuals employed
by a repair station located outside the
United States, only an employee appropriately 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]

Section 145.215 Capability list.
(a) A certificated repair station with
a limited rating may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations on an article if the article is
listed on a current capability list acceptable 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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