Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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 Section 145.209(d)(2). The
repair station must perform this selfevaluation to determine that the repair
station has all of the housing, facilities, equipment, material, technical
data, processes, and trained personnel
in place to perform the work on the article as required by part 145. The repair
station must retain on file documentation 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 revised list in accordance with the procedures required in Section 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]

Section 145.217 Contract maintenance.
(a) A certificated repair station may
contract a maintenance function pertaining to an article to an outside
source provided - 
(1) The FAA approves the maintenance 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 acceptable to the FAA, the following information:
(i) The maintenance functions contracted 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 pertaining to an article to a noncertificated 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 remains directly in charge of the work

performed by the noncertificated person; and
(3) The certificated repair station
verifies, by test and/or inspection, that
the work has been performed satisfactorily 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 maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations.
[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 145.219 Recordkeeping.
(a) A certificated repair station must
retain records in English that demonstrate compliance with the requirements 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 release to the owner or operator of the
article on which the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration was
performed.
(c) A certificated repair station must
retain the records required by this section 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 National Transportation Safety Board.
Section 145.221 Service difficulty reports.
(a) A certificated repair station must
report to the FAA within 96 hours after
it discovers any serious failure, malfunction, or defect of an article. The
report must be in a format acceptable
to the FAA.
(b) The report required under paragraph (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 article;
(3) Date of the discovery of the failure, malfunction, or defect;
(4) Nature of the failure, malfunction, or defect;

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