[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR43.13]

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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.  43.13  Performance rules (general).

    (a) Each person performing maintenance, alteration, or preventive 
maintenance on an aircraft, engine, propeller, or appliance shall use 
the methods, techniques, and practices prescribed in the current 
manufacturer's maintenance manual or Instructions for Continued 
Airworthiness prepared by its manufacturer, or other methods, 
techniques, and practices acceptable to the Administrator, except as 
noted in Sec.  43.16. He shall use the tools, equipment, and test 
apparatus necessary to assure completion of the work in accordance with 
accepted industry practices. If special equipment or test apparatus is 
recommended by the manufacturer involved, he must use that equipment or 
apparatus or its equivalent acceptable to the Administrator.
    (b) Each person maintaining or altering, or performing preventive 
maintenance, shall do that work in such a manner and use materials of 
such a quality, that the condition of the aircraft, airframe, aircraft 
engine, propeller, or appliance worked on will be at least equal to its 
original or properly altered condition (with regard to aerodynamic 
function, structural strength, resistance to vibration and 
deterioration, and other qualities affecting airworthiness).
    (c) Special provisions for holders of air carrier operating 
certificates and operating certificates issued under the provisions of 
Part 121 or 135 and Part 129 operators holding operations 
specifications.

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Unless otherwise notified by the administrator, the methods, techniques, 
and practices contained in the maintenance manual or the maintenance 
part of the manual of the holder of an air carrier operating certificate 
or an operating certificate under Part 121 or 135 and Part 129 operators 
holding operations specifications (that is required by its operating 
specifications to provide a continuous airworthiness maintenance and 
inspection program) constitute acceptable means of compliance with this 
section.

[Doc. No. 1993, 29 FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 43-20, 45 
FR 60182, Sept. 11, 1980; Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41085, Sept. 16, 1982; 
Amdt. 43-28, 52 FR 20028, June 16, 1987; Amdt. 43-37, 66 FR 21066, Apr. 
27, 2001]