[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR65.81]

[Page 127-128]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICSAND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 65--CERTIFICATION: AIRMEN OTHER THAN FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart D--Mechanics
 
Sec. 65.81  General privileges and limitations.

    (a) A certificated mechanic may perform or supervise the 
maintenance,

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preventive maintenance or alteration of an aircraft or appliance, or a 
part thereof, for which he is rated (but excluding major repairs to, and 
major alterations of, propellers, and any repair to, or alteration of, 
instruments), and may perform additional duties in accordance with 
Secs. 65.85, 65.87, and 65.95. However, he may not supervise the 
maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration of, or approve and 
return to service, any aircraft or appliance, or part thereof, for which 
he is rated unless he has satisfactorily performed the work concerned at 
an earlier date. If he has not so performed that work at an earlier 
date, he may show his ability to do it by performing it to the 
satisfaction of the Administrator or under the direct supervision of a 
certificated and appropriately rated mechanic, or a certificated 
repairman, who has had previous experience in the specific operation 
concerned.
    (b) A certificated mechanic may not exercise the privileges of his 
certificate and rating unless he understands the current instructions of 
the manufacturer, and the maintenance manuals, for the specific 
operation concerned.

[Doc. No. 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 65-2, 29 
FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964; Amdt. 65-26, 45 FR 46737, July 10, 1980]