[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: 14CFR43.9]

[Page 891]
 
                     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.  43.9  Content, form, and disposition of maintenance, preventive 
maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration records (except inspections 

performed in accordance with part 91, part 125, Sec.  135.411(a)(1), and 
          Sec.  135.419 of this chapter).

    (a) Maintenance record entries. Except as provided in paragraphs (b) 
and (c) of this section, each person who maintains, performs preventive 
maintenance, rebuilds, or alters an aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, 
propeller, appliance, or component part shall make an entry in the 
maintenance record of that equipment containing the following 
information:
    (1) A description (or reference to data acceptable to the 
Administrator) of work performed.
    (2) The date of completion of the work performed.
    (3) The name of the person performing the work if other than the 
person specified in paragraph (a)(4) of this section.
    (4) If the work performed on the aircraft, airframe, aircraft 
engine, propeller, appliance, or component part has been performed 
satisfactorily, the signature, certificate number, and kind of 
certificate held by the person approving the work. The signature 
constitutes the approval for return to service only for the work 
performed.
    (b) Each holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an 
operating certificate issued under Part 121 or 135, that is required by 
its approved operations specifications to provide for a continuous 
airworthiness maintenance program, shall make a record of the 
maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration, on 
aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or 
component parts which it operates in accordance with the applicable 
provisions of Part 121 or 135 of this chapter, as appropriate.
    (c) This section does not apply to persons performing inspections in 
accordance with Part 91, 125, Sec.  135.411(a)(1), or Sec.  135.419 of 
this chapter.
    (d) In addition to the entry required by paragraph (a) of this 
section, major repairs and major alterations shall be entered on a form, 
and the form disposed of, in the manner prescribed in appendix B, by the 
person performing the work.

[Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41085, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 43-37, 66 
FR 21066, Apr. 27, 2001; Amdt. 43-39, 69 FR 44863, July 27, 2004]