Light-Sport Repairman With a Maintenance
Rating. This is a new certificate level created by the SP/LSA rule. It allows
the holder to perform maintenance (beyond preventive maintenance) and the
annual condition inspection on an aircraft certificated either as a special
light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) and/or an experimental light-sport aircraft( E-LSA).
To obtain this certificate an individual must complete a training course
deemed acceptable by the FAA for the particular class of aircraft he or she
will maintain. The SP/LSA rule lists those course requirements as:
Airplanes—120 hours
Weight-Shift Control Aircraft—104 hours
Powered Parachutes—104 hours
Gliders or lighter-than-air craft—80 hours. A light-sport repairman with a
maintenance rating may exercise the privileges of this certificate on any
aircraft within the class of aircraft for which he or she is trained.