[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44187-44188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12655]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 43


Removal of References to Part 123 From 14 CFR Part 43

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: In the final rule, Certification and Operation Rules for 
Certain Large Airplanes, which the FAA published in the Federal 
Register on October 9, 1980, the FAA revoked part 123, effective 
January 1, 1983. However, references to part 123 remain in part 43. The 
purpose of this action is to remove those

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references. In addition, we are taking this opportunity to make some 
minor editorial corrections to part 43.

DATES: Effective Dates: Effective on August 4, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Barnette, Aircraft Maintenance 
Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: (202-
493-4922); facsimile: (202-267-5115); e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 1980 final rule,\1\ the FAA revoked 
part 123, effective January 1, 1983, because of the diminishing number 
of operators under that part. As an alternative, we allowed those 
operators to seek certification either under part 121 or part 125. 
Since the effective date of the revocation was January 1, 1983, we 
should have removed all references to part 123 from part 43 as of that 
date. However, we recently learned that part 123 references remain in 
Sec.  43.11(a), Sec.  43.11(a)(7), Sec.  43.15(a), Sec.  43.15(a)(2), 
and Sec.  43.16. This action removes those references. In addition, it 
corrects some editorial inconsistencies. For example, we lowercased the 
word ``Part'' in several of the previously referenced sections to make 
it consistent with other sections.
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    \1\ Certification and Operation Rules for Certain Large 
Airplanes (45 FR 67214; October 9, 1980).
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Technical Amendment

    The technical amendment will remove references to part 123 from 
part 43 and will make minor editorial corrections to part 43.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 43

    Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.


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Accordingly, Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 43 
is amended as follows:

PART 43--MAINTENANCE, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REBUILDING, AND 
ALTERATION

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1. The authority citation for part 43 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44703, 44705, 44707, 
44711, 44713, 44717, 44725.

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2. Amend Sec.  43.11 by revising paragraphs (a) introductory text and 
(a)(7) to read as follows:


Sec.  43.11  Content, form, and disposition of records for inspections 
conducted under parts 91 and 125 and Sec. Sec.  135.411(a)(1) and 
135.419 of this chapter.

    (a) Maintenance record entries. The person approving or 
disapproving for return to service an aircraft, airframe, aircraft 
engine, propeller, appliance, or component part after any inspection 
performed in accordance with part 91, 125, Sec.  135.411(a)(1), or 
Sec.  135.419 shall make an entry in the maintenance record of that 
equipment containing the following information:
* * * * *
    (7) If an inspection is conducted under an inspection program 
provided for in part 91, 125, or Sec.  135.411(a)(1), the entry must 
identify the inspection program, that part of the inspection program 
accomplished, and contain a statement that the inspection was performed 
in accordance with the inspections and procedures for that particular 
program.
* * * * *

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3. Amend Sec.  43.15 by revising paragraphs (a) introductory text and 
(a)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  43.15  Additional performance rules for inspections.

    (a) General. Each person performing an inspection required by part 
91, 125, or 135 of this chapter, shall--
* * * * *
    (2) If the inspection is one provided for in part 125, 135, or 
Sec.  91.409(e) of this chapter, perform the inspection in accordance 
with the instructions and procedures set forth in the inspection 
program for the aircraft being inspected.
* * * * *

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4. Amend Sec.  43.16 by revising it to read as follows:


Sec.  43.16  Airworthiness limitations.

    Each person performing an inspection or other maintenance specified 
in an Airworthiness Limitations section of a manufacturer's maintenance 
manual or Instructions for Continued Airworthiness shall perform the 
inspection or other maintenance in accordance with that section, or in 
accordance with operations specifications approved by the Administrator 
under part 121 or 135, or an inspection program approved under Sec.  
91.409(e).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2006.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking, Aviation Safety.
 [FR Doc. E6-12655 Filed 8-3-06; 8:45 am]
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