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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 43.17
(1) The drive shafts or similar sys-
tems.
(2) The main rotor transmission gear
box for obvious defects.
(3) The main rotor and center section
(or the equivalent area).
(4) The auxiliary rotor on heli-
copters.
(c)
Annual and 100-hour inspections. (1)
Each person performing an annual or
100-hour inspection shall use a check-
list while performing the inspection.
The checklist may be of the person’s
own design, one provided by the manu-
facturer of the equipment being in-
spected or one obtained from another
source. This checklist must include the
scope and detail of the items contained
in appendix D to this part and para-
graph (b) of this section.
(2) Each person approving a recipro-
cating-engine-powered aircraft for re-
turn to service after an annual or 100-
hour inspection shall, before that ap-
proval, run the aircraft engine or en-
gines to determine satisfactory per-
formance in accordance with the manu-
facturer’s recommendations of—
(i) Power output (static and idle
r.p.m.);
(ii) Magnetos;
(iii) Fuel and oil pressure; and
(iv) Cylinder and oil temperature.
(3) Each person approving a turbine-
engine-powered aircraft for return to
service after an annual, 100-hour, or
progressive inspection shall, before
that approval, run the aircraft engine
or engines to determine satisfactory
performance in accordance with the
manufacturer’s recommendations.
(d)
Progressive inspection. (1) Each per-
son performing a progressive inspec-
tion shall, at the start of a progressive
inspection system, inspect the aircraft
completely. After this initial inspec-
tion, routine and detailed inspections
must be conducted as prescribed in the
progressive inspection schedule. Rou-
tine inspections consist of visual exam-
ination or check of the appliances, the
aircraft, and its components and sys-
tems, insofar as practicable without
disassembly. Detailed inspections con-
sist of a thorough examination of the
appliances, the aircraft, and its compo-
nents and systems, with such dis-
assembly as is necessary. For the pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the over-
haul of a component or system is con-
sidered to be a detailed inspection.
(2) If the aircraft is away from the
station where inspections are normally
conducted, an appropriately rated me-
chanic, a certificated repair station, or
the manufacturer of the aircraft may
perform inspections in accordance with
the procedures and using the forms of
the person who would otherwise per-
form the inspection.
[Doc. No. 1993, 29 FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 43–23, 47 FR 41086, Sept.
16, 1982; Amdt. 43–25, 51 FR 40702, Nov. 7, 1986;
Amdt. 43–31, 54 FR 34330, Aug. 18, 1989; 71 FR
44188, Aug. 4, 2006]
§ 43.16
Airworthiness limitations.
Each person performing an inspec-
tion or other maintenance specified in
an Airworthiness Limitations section
of a manufacturer’s maintenance man-
ual or Instructions for Continued Air-
worthiness shall perform the inspec-
tion or other maintenance in accord-
ance with that section, or in accord-
ance with operations specifications ap-
proved by the Administrator under
part 121 or 135, or an inspection pro-
gram approved under § 91.409(e).
[71 FR 44188, Aug. 4, 2006]
§ 43.17
Maintenance, preventive main-
tenance, and alterations performed
on U.S. aeronautical products by
certain Canadian persons.
(a)
Definitions. For purposes of this
section:
Aeronautical product means any civil
aircraft or airframe, aircraft engine,
propeller, appliance, component, or
part to be installed thereon.
Canadian aeronautical product means
any aeronautical product under air-
worthiness regulation by Transport
Canada Civil Aviation.
U.S. aeronautical product means any
aeronautical product under airworthi-
ness regulation by the FAA.
(b)
Applicability. This section does not
apply to any U.S. aeronautical prod-
ucts maintained or altered under any
bilateral agreement made between
Canada and any country other than the
United States.
(c)
Authorized persons. (1) A person
holding a valid Transport Canada Civil
Aviation Maintenance Engineer license
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