14 CFR 43.5
§ 43.5 Approval for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 43.5, § 43.5 Approval for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/55267
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Full text
No person may approve for return to service any aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, that has undergone maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration unless—
(a) The maintenance record entry required by § 43.9 or § 43.11, as appropriate, has been made;
(b) The repair or alteration form authorized by or furnished by the Administrator has been executed in a manner prescribed by the Administrator; and
(c) If a repair or an alteration results in any change in the aircraft operating limitations or flight data contained in the approved aircraft flight manual, those operating limitations or flight data are appropriately revised and set forth as prescribed in § 91.9 of this chapter.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.