---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.402"
title: "14"
number: "194.402"
heading: "Maintenance provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.402"
---

# §194.402. Maintenance provisions.


The following maintenance provisions under [part 43](/cfr/14/part43.md) of this chapter that pertain to rotorcraft also apply to powered-lift:

- (a) [Section 43.3(h)](/cfr/14/43.3.md?p=h) of this chapter applies to certificate holders operating powered-lift under [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter in a remote area; and
- (b) In lieu of complying with [§ 43.15(b)](/cfr/14/43.15.md?p=b) of this chapter, each person performing an inspection required by [part 91](/cfr/14/part91.md) of this chapter on a powered-lift shall inspect critical parts in accordance with the maintenance manual or Instruction for Continuous Airworthiness, or as otherwise approved by the Administrator.
  - (1) A “critical part” has the same meaning as provided in §§ [27.602](/cfr/14/27.602.md) and [29.602](/cfr/14/29.602.md) of this chapter.
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.