Code of Federal Regulations - Title 14

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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition)

§ 91.1501

qualified, certificated personnel em-
ployed by the program manager pre-
pare, or cause the person with whom
the program manager arranges for the
performance of the maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations, to
prepare—

(1) An airworthiness release; or
(2) An appropriate entry in the air-

craft maintenance log.

(b) The airworthiness release or log

entry required by paragraph (a) of this
section must—

(1) Be prepared in accordance with

the procedure in the program man-
ager’s manual;

(2) Include a certification that—
(i) The work was performed in ac-

cordance with the requirements of the
program manager’s manual;

(ii) All items required to be inspected

were inspected by an authorized person
who determined that the work was sat-
isfactorily completed;

(iii) No known condition exists that

would make the aircraft unairworthy;

(iv) So far as the work performed is

concerned, the aircraft is in condition
for safe operation; and

(3) Be signed by an authorized certifi-

cated mechanic.

of this section, after maintenance, pre-
ventive maintenance, or alterations
performed by a repair station certifi-
cated under the provisions of part 145
of this chapter, the approval for return
to service or log entry required by
paragraph (a) of this section may be
signed by a person authorized by that
repair station.

(d) Instead of restating each of the

conditions of the certification required
by paragraph (b) of this section, the
program manager may state in its
manual that the signature of an au-
thorized certificated mechanic or re-
pairman constitutes that certification.

Subpart L—Continued Airworthi-

ness and Safety Improve-
ments

OURCE

: Amdt. 91–297, 72 FR 63410, Nov. 8,

2007, unless otherwise noted.

§ 91.1501

Purpose and definition.

(a) This subpart requires operators to

support the continued airworthiness of

each airplane. These requirements may
include, but are not limited to, revising
the inspection program, incorporating
design changes, and incorporating revi-
sions to Instructions for Continued
Airworthiness.

(b) For purposes of this subpart, the

‘‘FAA Oversight Office’’ is the aircraft
certification office or office of the
Transport Airplane Directorate with
oversight responsibility for the rel-
evant type certificate or supplemental
type certificate, as determined by the
Administrator.

§ 91.1503

[Reserved]

§ 91.1505

Repairs assessment for pres-

surized fuselages.

(a) No person may operate an Airbus

Model A300 (excluding the –600 series),
British Aerospace Model BAC 1–11, Boe-
ing Model, 707, 720, 727, 737 or 747,
McDonnell Douglas Model DC–8, DC–9/
MD–80 or DC–10, Fokker Model F28, or
Lockheed Model L–1011 airplane beyond
applicable flight cycle implementation
time specified below, or May 25, 2001,
whichever occurs later, unless repair
assessment guidelines applicable to the
fuselage pressure boundary (fuselage
skin, door skin, and bulkhead webs)
that have been approved by the FAA
Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), or
office of the Transport Airplane Direc-
torate, having cognizance over the type
certificate for the affected airplane are
incorporated within its inspection pro-
gram:

(1) For the Airbus Model A300 (ex-

cluding the –600 series), the flight cycle
implementation time is:

(i) Model B2: 36,000 flights.
(ii) Model B4–100 (including Model

B4–2C): 30,000 flights above the window
line, and 36,000 flights below the win-
dow line.

(iii) Model B4–200: 25,500 flights above

the window line, and 34,000 flights
below the window line.

(2) For all models of the British Aero-

space BAC 1–11, the flight cycle imple-
mentation time is 60,000 flights.

(3) For all models of the Boeing 707,

the flight cycle implementation time is
15,000 flights.

(4) For all models of the Boeing 720,

the flight cycle implementation time is
23,000 flights.

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