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§ 125.73
(1) Its flight crewmembers; and
(2) The responsible Flight Standards
office charged with the overall inspec-
tion of its operations.
(e) Each employee of the certificate
holder to whom a manual or appro-
priate portions of it are furnished
under paragraph (d)(1) of this section
shall keep it up to date with the
changes and additions furnished to
them.
(f) The information and instructions
contained in the manual must be dis-
played clearly and be retrievable in the
English language.
(g) If a certificate holder conducts
airplane inspections or maintenance at
specified stations where it keeps the
approved inspection program manual,
it is not required to carry the manual
aboard the airplane en route to those
stations.
[Doc. No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 125–28, 62 FR 13257, Mar.
19, 1997; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 125–68,
83 FR 9173, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket No. FAA–
2022–0912; Amdt. No. 125–73, 88 FR 34443, May
30, 2023]
§ 125.73 Contents.
Each manual accessed in paper for-
mat must display the date of last revi-
sion on each page. Each manual
accessed in electronic format must dis-
play the date of last revision in a man-
ner in which a person can immediately
ascertain it. The manual must include:
(a) The name of each management
person who is authorized to act for the
certificate holder, the person’s as-
signed area of responsibility, and the
person’s duties, responsibilities, and
authority;
(b) Procedures for ensuring compli-
ance with airplane weight and balance
limitations;
(c) Copies of the certificate holder’s
operations specifications or appro-
priate extracted information, including
area of operations authorized, category
and class of airplane authorized, crew
complements, and types of operations
authorized;
(d) Procedures for complying with ac-
cident notification requirements;
(e) Procedures for ensuring that the
pilot in command knows that required
airworthiness inspections have been
made and that the airplane has been
approved for return to service in com-
pliance with applicable maintenance
requirements;
(f) Procedures for reporting and re-
cording mechanical irregularities that
come to the attention of the pilot in
command before, during, and after
completion of a flight;
(g) Procedures to be followed by the
pilot in command for determining that
mechanical irregularities or defects re-
ported for previous flights have been
corrected or that correction has been
deferred;
(h) Procedures to be followed by the
pilot in command to obtain mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, and
servicing of the airplane at a place
where previous arrangements have not
been made by the operator, when the
pilot is authorized to so act for the op-
erator;
(i) Procedures for the release for, or
continuation of, flight if any item of
equipment required for the particular
type of operation becomes inoperative
or unserviceable en route;
(j) Procedures for refueling airplanes,
eliminating fuel contamination, pro-
tecting from fire (including electro-
static protection), and supervising and
protecting passengers during refueling;
(k) Procedures to be followed by the
pilot in command in the briefing under
§ 125.327;
(l) Flight locating procedures, when
applicable;
(m) Procedures for ensuring compli-
ance with emergency procedures, in-
cluding a list of the functions assigned
each category of required crew-
members in connection with an emer-
gency and emergency evacuation;
(n) The approved airplane inspection
program;
(o) Procedures and instructions to
enable personnel to recognize haz-
ardous materials, as defined in title 49
CFR, and if these materials are to be
carried, stored, or handled, procedures
and instructions for—
(1) Accepting shipment of hazardous
material required by title 49 CFR, to
assure proper packaging, marking, la-
beling, shipping documents, compat-
ibility of articles, and instructions on
their loading, storage, and handling;
