[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR43.7]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 43_MAINTENANCE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REBUILDING, AND ALTERATION

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 43.7  Persons authorized to approve aircraft, airframes, aircraft 



engines, propellers, appliances, or component parts for return to 

service after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or 

alteration.



    (a) Except as provided in this section and Sec. 43.17, no person, 

other than the Administrator, may approve an aircraft, airframe, 

aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part for return to 

service after it has undergone maintenance, preventive maintenance, 

rebuilding, or alteration.

    (b) The holder of a mechanic certificate or an inspection 

authorization may approve an aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, 

propeller, appliance, or component part for return to service as 

provided in Part 65 of this chapter.

    (c) The holder of a repair station certificate may approve an 

aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component 

part for return to service as provided in Part 145 of this chapter.

    (d) A manufacturer may approve for return to service any aircraft, 

airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part which 

that manufacturer has worked on under Sec. 43.3(j). However, except for 

minor alterations, the work must have been done in accordance with 

technical data approved by the Administrator.

    (e) The holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an 

operating certificate issued under Part 121 or 135, may approve an 

aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component 

part for return to service as provided in Part 121 or 135 of this 

chapter, as applicable.

    (f) A person holding at least a private pilot certificate may 

approve an aircraft for return to service after performing preventive 

maintenance under the provisions of Sec. 43.3(g).

    (g) The holder of a repairman certificate (light-sport aircraft) 

with a maintenance rating may approve an aircraft issued a special 

airworthiness certificate in light-sport category for return to service, 

as provided in part 65 of this chapter.

    (h) The holder of at least a sport pilot certificate may approve an 

aircraft owned or operated by that pilot and issued a special 

airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category for return to 

service after performing preventive maintenance under the provisions of 

Sec. 43.3(g).



[Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41084, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 43-36, 61 

FR 19501, May 1, 1996; Amdt. 43-37, 66 FR 21066, Apr. 27, 2001; Amdt. 

43-39, 69 FR 44863, July 27, 2004]



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