Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Confirms Part 145 Parts Documentation Privileges
The new requirements ease burdens for maintenance operators, says ARSA.

The FAA, in coordination with the EASA, has issued a Flight Standards Notice to Aviation Safety Inspectors with oversight responsibility for U.S. repair stations that hold EASA Part 145 certificates. This notice confirms that a repair station can inspect and approve for return to service any new part within its ratings that does not meet the MAG CHG 6 documentation provisions stipulating such inspections are to be handled like other maintenance activities. The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is developing a procedure that its members can use to accomplish the inspections. The notice also confirms that the implementation date for the new parts documentation provisions of MAG CHG 6 is October 1.