Appendix B to Part 43 - Recording of Major Repairs and Major Alterations
14:1.0.1.3.22.0.283.14.46 : Appendix B
Appendix B to Part 43 - Recording of Major Repairs and Major
Alterations
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this
appendix, each person performing a major repair or major alteration
shall -
(1) Execute FAA Form 337 at least in duplicate;
(2) Give a signed copy of that form to the aircraft owner;
and
(3) Forward a copy of that form to the FAA Aircraft Registration
Branch in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, within 48 hours after the
aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance is
approved for return to service.
(b) For major repairs made in accordance with a manual or
specifications acceptable to the Administrator, a certificated
repair station may, in place of the requirements of paragraph (a)
-
(1) Use the customer's work order upon which the repair is
recorded;
(2) Give the aircraft owner a signed copy of the work order and
retain a duplicate copy for at least two years from the date of
approval for return to service of the aircraft, airframe, aircraft
engine, propeller, or appliance;
(3) Give the aircraft owner a maintenance release signed by an
authorized representative of the repair station and incorporating
the following information:
(i) Identity of the aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine,
propeller or appliance.
(ii) If an aircraft, the make, model, serial number, nationality
and registration marks, and location of the repaired area.
(iii) If an airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance,
give the manufacturer's name, name of the part, model, and serial
numbers (if any); and
(4) Include the following or a similarly worded statement -
“The aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, or
appliance identified above was repaired and inspected in accordance
with current Regulations of the Federal Aviation Agency and is
approved for return to service.
Pertinent details of the repair are on file at this repair
station under Order No. ___,
Date Signed For signature of authorized representative) Repair
station name) (Certificate No.) ____________.” (Address)
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this appendix, for a
major repair or major alteration made by a person authorized in §
43.17, the person who performs the major repair or major alteration
and the person authorized by § 43.17 to approve that work shall
execute an FAA Form 337 at least in duplicate. A completed copy of
that form shall be -
(1) Given to the aircraft owner; and
(2) Forwarded to the Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft
Registration Branch, Post Office Box 25504, Oklahoma City, OK
73125, within 48 hours after the work is inspected.
(d) For extended-range fuel tanks installed within the passenger
compartment or a baggage compartment, the person who performs the
work and the person authorized to approve the work by § 43.7 shall
execute an FAA Form 337 in at least triplicate. A completed copy of
that form shall be -
(1) Placed on board the aircraft as specified in § 91.417 of
this chapter;
(2) Given to the aircraft owner; and
(3) Forwarded to the Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft
Registration Branch, , Post Office Box 25724, Oklahoma City, OK
73125, within 48 hours after the work is inspected.
(Secs. 101, 610, 72 Stat. 737, 780, 49 U.S.C. 1301, 1430) [Doc. No.
1993, 29 FR 5451, Apr. 23, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 43-10, 33 FR
15989, Oct. 31, 1968; Amdt. 43-29, 52 FR 34101, Sept. 9, 1987;
Amdt. 43-31, 54 FR 34330, Aug. 18, 1989; 71 FR 58495, Oct. 4, 2006;
Amdt. 43-41, 72 FR 53680, Sept. 20, 2007; Doc. No. FAA-2018-0119,
Amdt. 43-50, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018]