14 C.F.R. § 145.221

Service difficulty reports

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(a) A certificated repair station must report to the FAA within 96 hours after it discovers any serious failure, malfunction, or defect of an article. The report must be in a format acceptable to the FAA.

(b) The report required under paragraph (a) of this section must include as much of the following information as is available:

(1) Aircraft registration number;

(2) Type, make, and model of the article;

(3) Date of the discovery of the failure, malfunction, or defect;

(4) Nature of the failure, malfunction, or defect;

(5) Time since last overhaul, if applicable;

(6) Apparent cause of the failure, malfunction, or defect; and

(7) Other pertinent information that is necessary for more complete identification, determination of seriousness, or corrective action.

(c) The holder of a repair station certificate that is also the holder of a part 121, 125, or 135 certificate; type certificate (including a supplemental type certificate); parts manufacturer approval; or technical standard order authorization, or that is the licensee of a type certificate holder, does not need to report a failure, malfunction, or defect under this section if the failure, malfunction, or defect has been reported under parts 21, 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter.

(d) A certificated repair station may submit a service difficulty report for the following:

(1) A part 121 certificate holder, provided the report meets the requirements of part 121 of this chapter, as appropriate.

(2) A part 125 certificate holder, provided the report meets the requirements of part 125 of this chapter, as appropriate.

(3) A part 135 certificate holder, provided the report meets the requirements of part 135 of the chapter, as appropriate.

(e) A certificated repair station authorized to report a failure, malfunction, or defect under paragraph (d) of this section must not report the same failure, malfunction, or defect under paragraph (a) of this section. A copy of the report submitted under paragraph (d) of this section must be forwarded to the certificate holder.

[Docket FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 2001, as amended by Amdt. 22, 68 FR 75382, Dec. 30, 2003; Amdt. 145-26, 70 FR 76979, Dec. 29, 2005; Amdt. 145-30, 79 FR 46985, Aug. 12, 2014; Amdt. 145-30A, 79 FR 66607, Nov. 10, 2014]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2012 · leading case: Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft LLC, 254 P.3d 778 (Wash. 2011).
Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft LLC, 254 P.3d 778 (Wash. 2011). “" 14 C.F.R. § 145.221 . As Twin Commander points out, when trying to conceal information from the FAA, one does not disclose the information to others with reporting obligations.”
Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft, LLC, 171 Wash. 2d 204 (Wash. 2011). “” 14 C.F.R. § 145.221 (a). As Twin Commander points out, when trying to conceal information from the FAA, one does not disclose the information to others with reporting obligations.”
Hetzer-Young v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 921 N.E.2d 683 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). “Additionally, appellants argue that Precision is obligated to report defects to the FAA as a certified repair station pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 145.221. See Long v. Muncie Aviation Co.”
Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive, Corp., 876 F. Supp. 2d 479 (M.D. Penn. 2012). “303; — by operating as an FAA licensed and certified repair facility and failing to make known to the FAA the defect in the carburetor design within ninety-six (96) hours of discovery of the defect in violation of 14 C.F.R. § 145.221 (a); — and by knowingly misrepresenting and…”
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