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kind: "range"
citation: "14 C.F.R. §§ 65.127–65.133"
title: "14"
from: "65.127"
to: "65.133"
count: 4
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/65.127..65.133"
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# §65.127. Facilities and equipment.


No certificated parachute rigger may exercise the privileges of his certificate unless he has at least the following facilities and equipment available to him:

- (a) **A smooth top table at least three feet wide by 40 feet long.**
- (b) **Suitable housing that is adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated for drying and airing parachutes.**
- (c) Enough packing tools and other equipment to pack and maintain the types of parachutes that he services.
- (d) **Adequate housing facilities to perform his duties and to protect his tools and equipment.**

# §65.129. Performance standards.


No certificated parachute rigger may—

- (a) Pack, maintain, or alter any parachute unless he is rated for that type;
- (b) Pack a parachute that is not safe for emergency use;
- (c) Pack a parachute that has not been thoroughly dried and aired;
- (d) Alter a parachute in a manner that is not specifically authorized by the Administrator or the manufacturer;
- (e) Pack, maintain, or alter a parachute in any manner that deviates from procedures approved by the Administrator or the manufacturer of the parachute; or
- (f) Exercise the privileges of his certificate and type rating unless he understands the current manufacturer's instructions for the operation involved and has—
  - (1) Performed duties under his certificate for at least 90 days within the preceding 12 months; or
  - (2) **Shown the Administrator that he is able to perform those duties.**

# §65.131. Records.

- (a) Each certificated parachute rigger shall keep a record of the packing, maintenance, and alteration of parachutes performed or supervised by him. He shall keep in that record, with respect to each parachute worked on, a statement of—
  - (1) Its type and make;
  - (2) Its serial number;
  - (3) The name and address of its owner;
  - (4) The kind and extent of the work performed;
  - (5) The date when and place where the work was performed; and
  - (6) **The results of any drop tests made with it.**
- (b) Each person who makes a record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall keep it for at least 2 years after the date it is made.
- (c) Each certificated parachute rigger who packs a parachute shall write, on the parachute packing record attached to the parachute, the date and place of the packing and a notation of any defects he finds on inspection. He shall sign that record with his name and the number of his certificate.

# §65.133. Seal.


Each certificated parachute rigger must have a seal with an identifying mark prescribed by the Administrator, and a seal press. After packing a parachute he shall seal the pack with his seal in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendation for that type of parachute.