[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR147.17]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 147_AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Certification Requirements

 

Sec. 147.17  Instructional equipment requirements.



    (a) An applicant for a mechanic school certificate and rating, or 

for an additional rating, must have such of the following instructional 

equipment as is appropriate to the rating he seeks:

    (1) Various kinds of airframe structures, airframe systems and 

components, powerplants, and powerplant systems and components 

(including propellers), of a quantity and type suitable to complete the 

practical projects required by its approved curriculums.

    (2) At least one aircraft of a type currently certificated by FAA 

for private or commercial operation, with powerplant, propeller, 

instruments, navigation and communications equipment, landing lights, 

and other equipment and accessories on which a maintenance technician 

might be required to work and with which the technician should be 

familiar.

    (b) The equipment required by paragraph (a) of this section need not 

be in an airworthy condition. However, if it was damaged, it must have 

been repaired enough for complete assembly.

    (c) Airframes, powerplants, propellers, appliances, and components 

thereof, on which instruction is to be given, and from which practical 

working experience is to be gained, must be so diversified as to show 

the different methods of construction, assembly, inspection, and 

operation when installed in an aircraft for use. There must be enough 

units so that not more than eight students will work on any one unit at 

a time.

    (d) If the aircraft used for instructional purposes does not have 

retractable landing gear and wing flaps, the school must provide 

training aids, or operational mock-ups of them.



[Doc. No. 1157, 27 FR 6669, July 19, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 147-5, 57 

FR 28959, June 29, 1992]