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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 121.695
weight limitations on arrival at the
destination airport.
(4) Maximum takeoff weight consid-
ering anticipated fuel and oil consump-
tion that allows compliance with land-
ing distance limitations on arrival at
the destination and alternate airports.
(c) The total weight computed under
approved procedures.
(d) Evidence that the aircraft is load-
ed according to an approved schedule
that insures that the center of gravity
is within approved limits.
(e) Names of passengers, unless such
information is maintained by other
means by the certificate holder.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–159, 45 FR 41595, June
19, 1980; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2615, Jan. 26,
1996]
§ 121.695 Disposition of load manifest,
dispatch release, and flight plans:
Domestic and flag operations.
(a) The pilot in command of an air-
plane shall carry in the airplane to its
destination—
(1) A copy of the completed load
manifest (or information from it, ex-
cept information concerning cargo and
passenger distribution);
(2) A copy of the dispatch release;
and
(3) A copy of the flight plan.
(b) The certificate holder shall keep
copies of the records required in this
section for at least three months.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar.
29, 1982; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26,
1996]
§ 121.697 Disposition of load manifest,
flight release, and flight plans: Sup-
plemental operations.
(a) The pilot in command of an air-
plane shall carry in the airplane to its
destination the original or a signed
copy of the—
(1) Load manifest;
(2) Flight release;
(3) Airworthiness release;
(4) Pilot route certification; and
(5) Flight plan.
(b) If a flight originates at the cer-
tificate holder’s principal base of oper-
ations, it shall retain at that base a
signed copy of each document listed in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this section, if a flight originates
at a place other than the certificate
holder’s principal base of operations,
the pilot in command (or another per-
son not aboard the airplane who is au-
thorized by the certificate holder)
shall, before or immediately after de-
parture of the flight, mail signed cop-
ies of the documents listed in para-
graph (a) of this section, to the prin-
cipal base of operations.
(d) If a flight originates at a place
other than the certificate holder’s prin-
cipal base of operations, and there is at
that place a person to manage the
flight departure for the certificate
holder who does not himself or herself
depart on the airplane, signed copies of
the documents listed in paragraph (a)
of this section may be retained at that
place for not more than 30 days before
being sent to the certificate holder’s
principal base of operations. However,
the documents for a particular flight
need not be further retained at that
place or be sent to the principal base of
operations, if the originals or other
copies of them have been previously re-
turned to the principal base of oper-
ations.
(e) The certificate holder conducting
supplemental operations shall:
(1) Identify in its operations manual
the person having custody of the copies
of documents retained in accordance
with paragraph (d) of this section; and
(2) Retain at its principal base of op-
erations either an original or a copy of
the records required by this section for
at least three months.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–123, 40 FR 44541, Sept.
29, 1975; Amdt. 121–143, 43 FR 22642, May 25,
1978; Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982;
Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 1996]
§§ 121.698–121.699 [Reserved]
§ 121.701 Maintenance log: Aircraft.
(a) Each person who takes action in
the case of a reported or observed fail-
ure or malfunction of an airframe, en-
gine, propeller, or appliance that is
critical to the safety of flight shall
make, or have made, a record of that
action in the airplane’s maintenance
log.