Which CFR sections govern an IA's authority to perform an annual inspection or supervise a progressive inspection?

Which CFR sections govern an IA's authority to perform an annual inspection or supervise a progressive inspection?

• A. 43.13 and 43.15.
• B. 43.9 and 43.15.
• C. 43.11 and 43.17.
• D. 43.1 and 43.3.

Answer: (A)

An IA’s authority to perform an annual inspection or supervise a progressive inspection is defined in the CFR provisions that cover maintenance and release to service. Specifically, these tasks are addressed in 14 CFR Part 43, sections 43.13 and 43.15. These sections lay out who may perform maintenance, the duties of oversight, and the authority to approve an aircraft for return to service after maintenance, including annual inspections and supervision of progressive inspections. In practice, this means an IA can either perform the annual inspection themselves or supervise work done under a progressive inspection program and sign off the aircraft as airworthy when the work complies with the regulations. Other sections in Part 43 govern related, but different, regulatory areas such as general maintenance responsibilities, definitions, or recordkeeping. They do not specify the IA’s authority for annual or progressive inspections in the direct way that 43.13 and 43.15 do.

An IA’s authority to perform an annual inspection or supervise a progressive inspection is defined in the CFR provisions that cover maintenance and release to service. Specifically, these tasks are addressed in 14 CFR Part 43, sections 43.13 and 43.15. These sections lay out who may perform maintenance, the duties of oversight, and the authority to approve an aircraft for return to service after maintenance, including annual inspections and supervision of progressive inspections. In practice, this means an IA can either perform the annual inspection themselves or supervise work done under a progressive inspection program and sign off the aircraft as airworthy when the work complies with the regulations.

Other sections in Part 43 govern related, but different, regulatory areas such as general maintenance responsibilities, definitions, or recordkeeping. They do not specify the IA’s authority for annual or progressive inspections in the direct way that 43.13 and 43.15 do.