---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 147.25"
title: "14"
number: "147.25"
heading: "Minimum passage rate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/147.25"
---

# §147.25. Minimum passage rate.

- (a) Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school must maintain the pass rate specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section for the most recent 3-year period.
- (b) For students who take an FAA mechanic test under [part 65](/cfr/14/part65.md) of this chapter within 60 days after graduation, at least 70 percent of students must pass one of the following tests or any combination thereof:
  - (1) Written test;
  - (2) Oral test; or
  - (3) **Practical test.**
- (c) For students who take a combination of tests within the 60-day window specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, an aviation maintenance technician school must count a failure on any one test as a student failure for purposes of determining the pass rate, unless that failed test is subsequently passed within the 60-day window.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44702, 44707-44709; sec. 135, Pub. L. 116-120, 134 Stat. 1182.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2021-0237, Amdt. 147-9, 87 FR 31415, May 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted.