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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 26.45 

existing repairs that affect fatigue 
critical baseline structure identified 
under paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
and § 26.45(b)(2); 

(ii) A process that will enable opera-

tors to obtain the DTI for repairs iden-
tified under paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this 
section; and 

(iii) An implementation schedule for 

repairs covered by the repair evalua-
tion guidelines. The implementation 
schedule must identify times when ac-
tions must be taken as specific num-
bers of airplane flight hours, flight cy-
cles, or both. 

(2) Submit the repair evaluation 

guidelines to the FAA Oversight Office 
for review and approval. 

(3) Upon approval, make the guide-

lines available to persons required to 
comply with §§ 121.1109 and 129.109 of 
this chapter. 

(4) If the guidelines direct the oper-

ator to obtain assistance from the 
holder of a type certificate, make such 
assistance available in accordance with 
the implementation schedule. 

(f) 

Compliance times. Holders of type 

certificates must submit the following 
to the FAA Oversight Office or its 
properly authorized designees for re-
view and approval by the specified 
compliance time: 

(1) The identified list of fatigue crit-

ical baseline structure required by 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section must be 
submitted no later than 180 days after 
January 11, 2008 or before issuance of 
the type certificate, whichever occurs 
later. 

(2) For published repair data that are 

current as of January 11, 2008, the DT 
data required by paragraph (c)(3) of 
this section must be submitted by June 
30, 2009. 

(3) For repair data published after 

January 11, 2008, the DT data required 
by paragraph (c)(3) of this section must 
be submitted before FAA approval of 
the repair data. 

(4) For unpublished repair data devel-

oped after January 11, 2008, the DT 
data required by paragraph (d)(1) of 
this section must be submitted within 
12 months of the airplane’s return to 
service or in accordance with a sched-
ule approved by the FAA Oversight Of-
fice. 

(5) The repair evaluation guidelines 

required by paragraph (e)(1) of this sec-
tion must be submitted by December 
30, 2009. 

(g) 

Exceptions.  The requirements of 

this section do not apply to the fol-
lowing transport category airplane 
models: 

(1) Convair CV–240, 340, 440, if modi-

fied to include turbine engines. 

(2) Vickers Armstrong Viscount, 

TCDS No. A–814. 

(3) Douglas DC–3, if modified to in-

clude turbine engines, TCDS No. A–618. 

(4) Bombardier CL–44, TCDS No. 

1A20. 

(5) Mitsubishi YS–11, TCDS No. 

A1PC. 

(6) British Aerospace BAC 1–11, TCDS 

No. A5EU. 

(7) Concorde, TCDS No. A45EU. 
(8) deHavilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C, 

TCDS No. 7A10. 

(9) deHavilland DHC–7, TCDS No. 

A20EA. 

(10) VFW-Vereinigte Flugtechnische 

Werk VFW–614, TCDS No. A39EU. 

(11) Illyushin Aviation IL 96T, TCDS 

No. A54NM. 

(12) Bristol Aircraft Britannia 305, 

TCDS No. 7A2. 

(13) Handley Page Herald Type 300, 

TCDS No. A21N. 

(14) Avions Marcel Dassault—Breguet 

Aviation Mercure 100C, TCDS No. 
A40EU. 

(15) Airbus Caravelle, TCDS No. 7A6. 
(16) Lockheed L–300, TCDS No. A2S0. 
(17) Boeing 707–100/–200, TCDS No. 

4A21. 

(18) Boeing 707–300/–400, TCDS No. 

4A26. 

(19) Boeing 720, TCDS No. 4A28. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2005–21693, 72 FR 70505, Dec. 
12, 2007, as amended by Amdt. 26–4, 75 FR 
11734, Mar. 12, 2010] 

§ 26.45

Holders of type certificates—Al-

terations and repairs to alterations. 

(a) 

Applicability.  This section applies 

to transport category airplanes subject 
to § 26.43. 

(b) 

Fatigue critical alteration structure. 

For existing and future alteration data 
developed by the holder of a type cer-
tificate, the holder must— 

(1) Review alteration data and iden-

tify all alterations that affect fatigue 

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