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§ 121.383
recurring action, the time and date
when the next action is required.
(vii) A list of current major alter-
ations to each airframe, engine, pro-
peller, and appliance.
(b) A certificate holder need not
record the total time in service of an
engine or propeller on a transport cat-
egory cargo airplane, a transport cat-
egory airplane that has a passenger
seat configuration of more than 30
seats, or a nontransport category air-
plane type certificated before January
1, 1958, until the following, whichever
occurs first:
(1) March 20, 1997; or
(2) The date of the first overhaul of
the engine or propeller, as applicable,
after January 19, 1996.
(c) Each certificate holder shall re-
tain the records required to be kept by
this section for the following periods:
(1) Except for the records of the last
complete overhaul of each airframe,
engine, propeller, and appliance, the
records specified in paragraph (a)(1) of
this section shall be retained until the
work is repeated or superseded by
other work or for one year after the
work is performed.
(2) The records of the last complete
overhaul of each airframe, engine, pro-
peller, and appliance shall be retained
until the work is superseded by work of
equivalent scope and detail.
(3) The records specified in paragraph
(a)(2) of this section shall be retained
and transferred with the aircraft at the
time the aircraft is sold.
(d) The certificate holder shall make
all maintenance records required to be
kept by this section available for in-
spection by the Administrator or any
authorized representative of the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB).
[Doc. No. 10658, 37 FR 15983, Aug. 9, 1972, as
amended by Amdt. 121–251, 60 FR 65933, Dec.
20, 1995; Amdt. 121–321, 71 FR 536, Jan. 4, 2006]
§ 121.380a Transfer of maintenance
records.
Each certificate holder who sells a
U.S. registered aircraft shall transfer
to the purchaser, at the time of sale,
the following records of that aircraft,
in plain language form or in coded form
at the election of the purchaser, if the
coded form provides for the preserva-
tion and retrieval of information in a
manner acceptable to the Adminis-
trator:
(a) The record specified in
§ 121.380(a)(2).
(b) The records specified in
§ 121.380(a)(1) which are not included in
the records covered by paragraph (a) of
this section, except that the purchaser
may permit the seller to keep physical
custody of such records. However, cus-
tody of records in the seller does not
relieve the purchaser of his responsi-
bility under § 121.380(c) to make the
records available for inspection by the
Administrator or any authorized rep-
resentative of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board (NTSB).
[Doc. No. 10658, 37 FR 15984, Aug. 9, 1972]
Subpart M—Airman and
Crewmember Requirements
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19212, Dec.
31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
§ 121.381 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes airman and
crewmember requirements for all cer-
tificate holders.
§ 121.383 Airman: Limitations on use of
services.
(a) No certificate holder may use any
person as an airman nor may any per-
son serve as an airman unless that per-
son—
(1) Holds an appropriate current air-
man certificate issued by the FAA;
(2) Has in his or her possession while
engaged in operations under this part—
(i) Any required appropriate current
airman and medical certificates; or
(ii) A temporary document issued in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this
section; and
(3) Is otherwise qualified for the oper-
ation for which he is to be used.
(b) Each airman covered by para-
graph (a)(2) of this section shall
present his or her certificates or tem-
porary document for inspection upon
request of the Administrator.
(c) A certificate holder may obtain
approval to provide a temporary docu-
ment verifying a flightcrew member’s