Transport i lotnictwo · 18.07.1995

Revisions to Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance Rules

This NPRM proposes to amend the maintenance rules to allow properly trained pilots of aircraft type certificated for 9 or fewer passenger seats and operated under 14 CFR Part 135 to perform certain maintenance tasks on their aircraft. This NPRM also proposes to add certain tasks to those items considered to be preventive maintenance. The proposed changes are needed because a large number of exemption requests has demonstrated a need for pilots conducting certain types of operations to be able to respond more rapidly to emergency medical missions and to reconfigure cabins to accommodate changing needs to transport varying combinations of passenger and/or cargo in situations when a certificated mechanic is not available to perform the required maintenance task. The proposed rules, if adopted, would improve emergency response and flight turnaround times for these operations, and would relieve the public and agency burdens of filing and processing exemptions.