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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. 

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§ 121.703 

(b) Each certificate holder shall have 

an approved procedure for keeping ade-
quate copies of the record required in 
paragraph (a) of this section in the air-
plane in a place readily accessible to 
each flight crewmember and shall put 
that procedure in the certificate hold-
er’s manual. 

§ 121.703 Service difficulty reports. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall re-

port the occurrence or detection of 
each failure, malfunction, or defect 
concerning— 

(1) Fires during flight and whether 

the related fire-warning system func-
tioned properly; 

(2) Fires during flight not protected 

by a related fire-warning system; 

(3) False fire warning during flight; 
(4) An engine exhaust system that 

causes damage during flight to the en-
gine, adjacent structure, equipment, or 
components; 

(5) An aircraft component that 

causes accumulation or circulation of 
smoke, vapor, or toxic or noxious 
fumes in the crew compartment or pas-
senger cabin during flight; 

(6) Engine shutdown during flight be-

cause of flameout; 

(7) Engine shutdown during flight 

when external damage to the engine or 
airplane structure occurs; 

(8) Engine shutdown during flight due 

to foreign object ingestion or icing; 

(9) Engine shutdown during flight of 

more than one engine; 

(10) A propeller feathering system or 

ability of the system to control over-
speed during flight; 

(11) A fuel or fuel-dumping system 

that affects fuel flow or causes haz-
ardous leakage during flight; 

(12) An unwanted landing gear exten-

sion or retraction, or an unwanted 
opening or closing of landing gear 
doors during flight; 

(13) Brake system components that 

result in loss of brake actuating force 
when the airplane is in motion on the 
ground; 

(14) Aircraft structure that requires 

major repair; 

(15) Cracks, permanent deformation, 

or corrosion of aircraft structures, if 
more than the maximum acceptable to 
the manufacturer or the FAA; 

(16) Aircraft components or systems 

that result in taking emergency ac-
tions during flight (except action to 
shut down an engine); and 

(17) Emergency evacuation systems 

or components including all exit doors, 
passenger emergency evacuation light-
ing systems, or evacuation equipment 
that are found defective, or that fail to 
perform the intended functions during 
an actual emergency or during train-
ing, testing, maintenance, demonstra-
tions, or inadvertent deployments. 

(b) For the purpose of this section 

during flight 

means the period from the 

moment the aircraft leaves the surface 
of the earth on takeoff until it touches 
down on landing. 

(c) In addition to the reports required 

by paragraph (a) of this section, each 
certificate holder shall report any 
other failure, malfunction, or defect in 
an aircraft that occurs or is detected at 
any time if, in its opinion, that failure, 
malfunction, or defect has endangered 
or may endanger the safe operation of 
an aircraft used by it. 

(d) Each certificate holder shall sub-

mit each report required by this sec-
tion, covering each 24-hour period be-
ginning at 0900 local time of each day 
and ending at 0900 local time on the 
next day, to the FAA offices in Okla-
homa City, Oklahoma. Each report of 
occurrences during a 24-hour period 
shall be submitted to the collection 
point within the next 96 hours. How-
ever, a report due on Saturday or Sun-
day may be submitted on the following 
Monday, and a report due on a holiday 
may be submitted on the next work 
day. 

(e) The certificate holder shall sub-

mit the reports required by this section 
on a form or in another format accept-
able to the Administrator. The reports 
shall include the following informa-
tion: 

(1) Type and identification number of 

the aircraft. 

(2) The name of the operator. 
(3) The date, flight number, and stage 

during which the incident occurred 
(e.g., preflight, takeoff, climb, cruise, 
descent landing, and inspection). 

(4) The emergency procedure effected 

(e.g., unscheduled landing and emer-
gency descent).