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§ 145.221 

other nomenclature designated by the 
article’s manufacturer and be available 
in a format acceptable to the FAA. 

(c) An article may be listed on the 

capability list only if the article is 
within the scope of the ratings of the 
repair station’s certificate, and only 
after the repair station has performed 
a self-evaluation in accordance with 
the procedures under § 145.209(d)(2). The 
repair station must perform this self- 
evaluation to determine that the repair 
station has all of the housing, facili-
ties, equipment, material, technical 
data, processes, and trained personnel 
in place to perform the work on the ar-
ticle as required by part 145. The repair 
station must retain on file documenta-
tion of the evaluation. 

(d) Upon listing an additional article 

on its capability list, the repair station 
must provide its responsible Flight 
Standards office with a copy of the re-
vised list in accordance with the proce-
dures required in § 145.209(d)(1). 

[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] 

§ 145.217

Contract maintenance. 

(a) A certificated repair station may 

contract a maintenance function per-
taining to an article to an outside 
source provided— 

(1) The FAA approves the mainte-

nance function to be contracted to the 
outside source; and 

(2) The repair station maintains and 

makes available to its responsible 
Flight Standards office, in a format ac-
ceptable to the FAA, the following in-
formation: 

(i) The maintenance functions con-

tracted to each outside facility; and 

(ii) The name of each outside facility 

to whom the repair station contracts 
maintenance functions and the type of 
certificate and ratings, if any, held by 
each facility. 

(b) A certificated repair station may 

contract a maintenance function per-
taining to an article to a noncertifi-
cated person provided— 

(1) The noncertificated person follows 

a quality control system equivalent to 
the system followed by the certificated 
repair station; 

(2) The certificated repair station re-

mains directly in charge of the work 

performed by the noncertificated per-
son; and 

(3) The certificated repair station 

verifies, by test and/or inspection, that 
the work has been performed satisfac-
torily by the noncertificated person 
and that the article is airworthy before 
approving it for return to service. 

(c) A certificated repair station may 

not provide only approval for return to 
service of a complete type-certificated 
product following contract mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or al-
terations. 

[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] 

§ 145.219

Recordkeeping. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

retain records in English that dem-
onstrate compliance with the require-
ments of part 43. The records must be 
retained in a format acceptable to the 
FAA. 

(b) A certificated repair station must 

provide a copy of the maintenance re-
lease to the owner or operator of the 
article on which the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alteration was 
performed. 

(c) A certificated repair station must 

retain the records required by this sec-
tion for at least 2 years from the date 
the article was approved for return to 
service. 

(d) A certificated repair station must 

make all required records available for 
inspection by the FAA and the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board. 

§ 145.221

Service difficulty reports. 

(a) A certificated repair station must 

report to the FAA within 96 hours after 
it discovers any serious failure, mal-
function, or defect of an article. The 
report must be in a format acceptable 
to the FAA. 

(b) The report required under para-

graph (a) of this section must include 
as much of the following information 
as is available: 

(1) Aircraft registration number; 
(2) Type, make, and model of the ar-

ticle; 

(3) Date of the discovery of the fail-

ure, malfunction, or defect; 

(4) Nature of the failure, malfunc-

tion, or defect; 

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