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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person must not perform a review of airworthiness for an aircraft unless the person holds an inspection authorisation issued under Part 66.
(b) A person may perform a review of airworthiness on a glider if—
(1) the person is authorised to perform a review of airworthiness on a glider by a gliding organisation; and
(2) the person has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, including an examination, that is acceptable to the Director, on the inspection of aircraft and components for conformity with the CAR.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person performing a review of airworthiness, required under rule 91.615, for an aircraft must, within the 30 day period immediately before certifying that the review has been completed—
(1) check that the aircraft conforms to its type certificate data sheet or equivalent type data that is acceptable to the Director; and
(2) check that every instrument and item of equipment required under Subpart F of Part 91 is fitted; and
(3) for an aircraft that is required under rule 91.509(b) to be fitted with a time-in-service recorder—
(i) record the time-in-service recorder reading in the appropriate maintenance logbook; and
(ii) compare the aircraft’s total time-in-service recorded in the technical log with the time-in-service recorder reading; and
(iii) ensure that any discrepancy in the aircraft’s total time-inservice that is identified under paragraph (a)(3)(ii) is included in the reports required under rule 43.155(a)(4); and
(4) check that since the last review of airworthiness, or inspection for the issue of an airworthiness certificate—
(i) every modification and repair has been correctly recorded and certified for release-to-service referencing the applicable technical data listed in Appendix D to Part 21; and
(ii) all due maintenance specified in the applicable maintenance programme has been correctly recorded and certified for release-to-service; and
(iii) every airworthiness directive relevant to the aircraft type and its installed components has been assessed and certified as being ‘embodied’, ‘found embodied’, or ‘not applicable’, and if an airworthiness directive is repetitive, check that it is recorded in the repetitive section of the appropriate maintenance logbook; and
(iv) every defect recorded in the technical log has been rectified and the aircraft released to service or the defective instruments and equipment are recorded in the technical log, and placarded as inoperative if they are permitted to be inoperative under rule 91.537; and
(v) every applicable release-to-service has been completed and certified in accordance with Subpart C; and
(vi) the recorded weight and balance data reflects any changes to the aircraft’s weight and balance and that the recorded weight and balance data is within the published weight and balance limitations for the aircraft; and
(vii) the flight manual, including every applicable supplement is the current version for the aircraft in its existing state; and
(5) check that the overhaul and finite life of each lifed component is recorded and is within the limits laid down in the applicable manufacturer’s document and, if practicable, verify serial numbers by physical inspection; and
(6) perform a general condition inspection of the aircraft.
(b) The requirements in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(4)(i) do not apply to an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate issued under Subpart H of Part 21.
(c) The person performing the review of airworthiness must record any new defects identified during the review in the technical log and in the appropriate maintenance logbook.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person who performs a review of airworthiness for an aircraft must, on completion of the review—
(1) certify that the review has been completed by entering the following statement in the appropriate maintenance logbook:
“I certify that an (annual)*(biennial)* review of airworthiness has been carried out on this aircraft and that the requirements of Civil Aviation Rule 43.153(a) have been complied with”; and
* delete as applicable
(2) adjacent to that statement, enter—
(i) the person’s name; and
(ii) the person’s signature except if the maintenance logbook is in electronic format; and
(iii) the person’s inspection authorisation number; and
(iv) the date that the review was completed; and
(3) as specified in paragraph (c), enter the due date for the next review of airworthiness in the technical log; and
(4) forward a report of the review to the Director in a form acceptable to the Director—
(i) within 7 days from the date of completing and certifying the review under paragraphs(1) and (2); or
(ii) if the review is not completed and certified under paragraphs (1) and (2), within 7 days from the expiry of the 30 day period specified in rule 43.153(a) for completing the review.
(b) Except for instruments and equipment that are permitted to be inoperative under rule 91.537, a person who performs a review of airworthiness for an aircraft must not certify the review as being complete unless every defect has been rectified and the aircraft certified for release- to-service under Subpart C.
(c) The next review of airworthiness must not be more than 1 year or 2 years, as specified in rule 91.615(a)(1) or rule 91.615(aa), after—
(1) the date that the review is certified under paragraph (a) or rule 91.615(aa); or the date that the review is certified under paragraph (a) or rule 91.615(aa); or
(2) the beginning of the extension period if the due date for the review has been extended under rule 91.615(c)(1).
