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This Subpart prescribes rules, that are additional to, or exceptions from the requirements of Subparts B and C for the maintenance of an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate issued under Subpart H of Part 21.
In addition to rule 43.53, a person performing maintenance in accordance with a maintenance programme required under rule 91.605 on an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate or a component fitted or intended to be fitted to an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate must—
(1) at the start of the maintenance programme, inspect the aircraft for any defect or configuration anomalies which would be unlikely to be detected by the inspections required under paragraph (2); and
(2) after the initial inspection, conduct routine inspections and detailed inspections in accordance with the maintenance programme.
(a) In spite of rule 43.55, and subject to paragraph (b), a person may state in an appropriate maintenance document for an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate that an airframe, engine, propeller, or component of the aircraft has been overhauled if it has been disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired as necessary, reassembled, and tested using methods and techniques documented—
(1) by the aircraft or component manufacturer; or
(2) by a military authority to standards acceptable to the Director.
(b) For an aircraft that has a special category—exhibition airworthiness certificate or a special category—limited airworthiness certificate, the methods and techniques required by paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) must be specified in the maintenance programme required under rule 91.605.
In spite of rule 43.69(a)(2)(iii), a person performing maintenance on an aircraft that has a special category airworthiness certificate must on completion of the maintenance, record the following references for any replacement part or component—
(1) the origin of the part or component; and
(2) the source of the part or component; and
(3) documentation associated with the part or component; and
(4) the history of the part or component.
