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AM.I.I.S6

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14 CFR Part 43 — Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration Open
14 CFR § 43.7 Persons authorized to approve aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or component parts for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuildi
Persons authorized to approve aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or component parts for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration. (a) Except as provided in this section and § 43.17, no person, other than ... Administrator, may approve an aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part for return to service after it has undergone maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration. (b) The holder of a mechanic certificate or an inspection authorization…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 7-4
CHAPTER 7. SMALL UAS MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION › 7.3 Preflight Inspection › 7.3.5 Benefits of Recordkeeping
recordkeeping to be beneficial. This may be done by documenting any repair, modification, overhaul, or replacement of a system component resulting from normal flight operations, and recording the time-in-service for that component at the time of the maintenance ... procedure. The operator would then be able to establish a reliable maintenance schedule for the small UAS and its components. The use of hardcopy and/or electronic logbook format for recordkeeping, inclusive of all periodic inspections, maintenance, preventative maintenance, repairs…
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 7-1
CHAPTER 7. SMALL UAS MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION › 7.2 Maintenance › 7.2.3 Performing Maintenance
Unscheduled Maintenance. During the course of a preflight inspection, the remote PIC may discover a small UAS component is in need of servicing (such as lubrication), repair, modification, overhaul, or replacement outside of the scheduled maintenance period as a result ... normal flight operations or resulting from a mishap. In addition, the small UAS manufacturer or component manufacturer may require an unscheduled system software update to correct a problem. In the event such a condition is found, flight operations should…