14 CFR § 147.31 - Early testing.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s147.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 147.31 - Early testing."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "147.31"
section_name: "Early testing."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "SCHOOLS AND OTHER CERTIFICATED AGENCIES"
part_number: "147"
part_name: "AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44702, 44707-44709; sec. 135, Pub. L. 116-120, 134 Stat. 1182."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2021-0237, Amdt. 147-9, 87 FR 31415, May 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "147"
---


# 147.31 Early testing.

When a student satisfactorily completes the general portion of a certificated aviation maintenance technician school's curriculum, the school may issue an authenticated document that demonstrates the student's preparedness to take the mechanic general written test in accordance with § 65.75(c) of this chapter.