[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR129.16]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 129_OPERATIONS: FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN OPERATORS OF 
U.S.-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON CARRIAGE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  129.16  Supplemental inspections for U.S.-registered aircraft.

    (a) Applicability. This section applies to U.S.-registered, 
transport category, turbine powered airplanes with a type certificate 
issued after January 1, 1958 that as a result of original type 
certification or later increase in capacity have--
    (1) A maximum type certificated passenger seating capacity of 30 or 
more; or

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    (2) A maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or more.
    (b) General requirements. After December 20, 2010, a foreign air 
carrier or foreign person may not operate an airplane under this part 
unless the following requirements have been met:
    (1) The maintenance program for the airplane includes FAA-approved 
damage-tolerance-based inspections and procedures for airplane structure 
susceptible to fatigue cracking that could contribute to a catastrophic 
failure. These inspections and procedures must take into account the 
adverse affects repairs, alterations, and modifications may have on the 
fatigue cracking and the inspection of this airplane structure.
    (2) The damage-tolerance-based inspections and procedures identified 
in this section and any revisions to these inspections and procedures 
must be approved by the Aircraft Certification Office or office of the 
Transport Airplane Directorate with oversight responsibility for the 
relevant type certificate or supplemental type certificate, as 
determined by the Administrator. The operator must include the damage-
tolerance-based inspections and procedures in the operator's FAA-
approved maintenance program.

[Doc. No. FAA-1999-5401, 70 FR 5532, Feb. 2, 2005]