Regulation Text
(a) This subpart requires operators to support the continued airworthiness of each airplane. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, revising the inspection program, incorporating design changes, and incorporating revisions to Instructions for Continued Airworthiness.
(b) [Reserved]
[Amdt. 91-297, 72 FR 63410, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 91-350, 83 FR 9171, Mar. 5, 2018]
Research Notes
Section 91.1501 establishes the applicability of Subpart L — Continued Airworthiness and Safety Improvements. Subpart L addresses ongoing airworthiness oversight and safety improvements applicable to certain aircraft (typically older transport-category aircraft).
What this covers: Continued airworthiness requirements that emerge from operational experience — aging aircraft issues, repetitive AD compliance, special inspection programs for aircraft past their original economic life.
Reference: AC 120-77A on Continued Operational Safety Improvements; AC 91-82 on aging aircraft.
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