[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: 14CFR43.7]

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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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