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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 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work is repeated or superseded by 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until the work is superseded by work of 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