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HBAW 05-07A, Enhanced Repair Station & Air Carrier Oversight Program

The FAA recently released updates to a series of Handbook Bulletins containing the framework for applying a new risk-based oversight system to the maintenance provider/air carrier relationship. HBAW 05-07A includes numerous attachments which make extensive changes to Order 8300.10, the Airworthiness Inspector’s Handbook.

This system will allow for ongoing assessment of repair stations and air carriers through enhanced oversight of those contract maintenance providers deemed to be “high risk.”

In addition, information on the newly revised Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem (PTRS) activity codes is included. Each operator and agency will be required to make the new program part of their respective manual system.

FAA's Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) has posted the Category Parts List (CPL) referenced in Advisory Circular (AC) 43-18 on the FAA Web site. Here's a link to the CPL, a five-page .PDF document. The CPL link also is available from this page on FAA's Aircraft Certification Web site.

AC 43-18 (link to a .PDF version of the AC here), "Fabrication of Aircraft Parts By Maintenance Personnel," describes the CPL as a necessary tool "to determine the criticality category of the part and the level of AIR involvement needed in the design data approval process for certificate holders fabricating parts."

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Guide for Developing a Receiving Inspection System for Aircraft Parts and Material Advisory Circular, AC 20-154 (12/12/05)
AC20-154.pdf

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Advisory Circular AC 145-10: Repair Station Training Program (7/8/05)
AC 145-10.pdf

Part 145 Approved Training Program—Research and Recommendations: FAA Office of Aviation Research (10/04)
FAAtrainingstudy.pdf

Delay of Effective Date of §145.163 (3/28/05)
145163delay05-5856.pdf

The part 145 final rule published in the Federal Register (8/6/01)

Advisory Circular (AC) 145-9, Guide for Developing and Evaluating Repair Station and Quality Control Manuals (7/3/03) - This ARSA version contains hotlinked bookmarks, plus a hotlinked Table of Contents for ease of use.

Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Training (6/6/05)

AC 145-10, Repair Station Training Program (7/8/05)

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) has posted the Category Parts List (CPL) referenced in Advisory Circular (AC) 43-18 on the FAA Web site. Here's a link to the CPL, a five-page .PDF document. The CPL link also is available from this page on FAA's Aircraft Certification Web site.

AC 43-18 (link to a .PDF version of the AC here), "Fabrication of Aircraft Parts By Maintenance Personnel," describes the CPL as a necessary tool "to determine the criticality category of the part and the level of AIR involvement needed in the design data approval process for certificate holders fabricating parts."

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in FAA Docket 2003-15062 proposed broad prohibitions on false or misleading statements concerning aircraft parts (the hotline, May 31, 2003).

Parts 21 and 43 already prohibit manufacturers and maintenance providers from making such statements. The proposed Part 3 would also cover persons not now directly regulated by the FAA such as distributors and brokers.

In comments filed August 4, 2003, ARSA opposed expanding the regulations to include "misleading" statements; asked for clarification to ensure that maintenance providers are not subject to additional recordkeeping burdens; and questioned the value of proposed statements about the production approval status of certain parts.