---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 145.205"
title: "14"
number: "145.205"
heading: "Maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations performed for certificate holders under parts 121, 125, and 135, and for foreign air carriers or foreign persons operating a U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage under part 129."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/145.205"
---

# §145.205. Maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations performed for certificate holders under parts 121, 125, and 135, and for foreign air carriers or foreign persons operating a U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage under part 129.

- (a) A certificated repair station that performs maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations for an air carrier or commercial operator that has a continuous airworthiness maintenance program under [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) must follow the air carrier's or commercial operator's program and applicable sections of its maintenance manual.
- (b) A certificated repair station that performs inspections for a certificate holder conducting operations under [part 125](/cfr/14/part125.md) must follow the operator's FAA-approved inspection program.
- (c) A certificated repair station that performs maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations for a foreign air carrier or foreign person operating a U.S.-registered aircraft under [part 129](/cfr/14/part129.md) must follow the operator's FAA-approved maintenance program.
- (d) The FAA may grant approval for a certificated repair station to perform line maintenance for an air carrier certificated under [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter, or a foreign air carrier or foreign person operating a U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage under [part 129](/cfr/14/part129.md) of this chapter on any aircraft of that air carrier or person, provided-
  - (1) The certificated repair station performs such line maintenance in accordance with the operator's manual, if applicable, and approved maintenance program;
  - (2) The certificated repair station has the necessary equipment, trained personnel, and technical data to perform such line maintenance; and
  - (3) The certificated repair station's operations specifications include an authorization to perform line maintenance.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA-2016-8744, Amdt. 145-31, 81 FR 49163, July 27, 2016]

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44702, 44707, 44709, 44717.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 2001, as amended by Docket FAA-2016-8744, Amdt. 145-31, 81 FR 49163, July 27, 2016]