Part 145

[Freight Dawg]

Not being a mechanic, do you have to be a Part 145 facility to do heavy checks or use the aircraft manufactures maintenance program. For example if a leasing company needed maintenance done on stored aircraft in the desert and it wasn't attached to an air carrier certificate?

 

[Ops check good]

The only way to get around the FAR's as far as A/C MX is to register the A/C experimental. Otherwise all MX performed on that A/C must be by a certified mechanic or repair station.

 

[ekuflyer]

I am not an A&P, but I think Ops Check Good alluded to what you are asking. I think that any qualified A&P can do the checks. There are some instances that require an A&P with IA. Hope that helps