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§ 135.63
citizens who were employed by air car-
riers at the time of issuance as flight
crewmembers on United States reg-
istered aircraft engaged in inter-
national air commerce. The purpose of
the certificate is to facilitate the entry
and clearance of those crewmembers
into ICAO contracting states. They
were issued under Annex 9, as amended,
to the Convention on International
Civil Aviation.
(b) The holder of a certificate issued
under this section, or the air carrier by
whom the holder is employed, shall
surrender the certificate for cancella-
tion at the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office at the termination of the
holder’s employment with that air car-
rier.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996, as
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt.
135–139, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]
Subpart B—Flight Operations
§ 135.61 General.
This subpart prescribes rules, in addi-
tion to those in part 91 of this chapter,
that apply to operations under this
part.
§ 135.63 Recordkeeping requirements.
(a) Each certificate holder shall keep
at its principal business office or at
other places approved by the Adminis-
trator, and shall make available for in-
spection by the Administrator the fol-
lowing—
(1) The certificate holder’s operating
certificate;
(2) The certificate holder’s operations
specifications;
(3) A current list of the aircraft used
or available for use in operations under
this part and the operations for which
each is equipped;
(4) An individual record of each pilot
used in operations under this part, in-
cluding the following information:
(i) The full name of the pilot.
(ii) The pilot certificate (by type and
number) and ratings that the pilot
holds.
(iii) The pilot’s aeronautical experi-
ence in sufficient detail to determine
the pilot’s qualifications to pilot air-
craft in operations under this part.
(iv) The pilot’s current duties and the
date of the pilot’s assignment to those
duties.
(v) The effective date and class of the
medical certificate that the pilot
holds.
(vi) The date and result of each of the
initial and recurrent competency tests
and proficiency and route checks re-
quired by this part and the type of air-
craft flown during that test or check.
(vii) The pilot’s flight time in suffi-
cient detail to determine compliance
with the flight time limitations of this
part.
(viii) The pilot’s check pilot author-
ization, if any.
(ix) Any action taken concerning the
pilot’s release from employment for
physical or professional disqualifica-
tion.
(x) The date of the completion of the
initial phase and each recurrent phase
of the training required by this part;
and
(5) An individual record for each
flight attendant who is required under
this part, maintained in sufficient de-
tail to determine compliance with the
applicable portions of § 135.273 of this
part.
(b) Each certificate holder must keep
each record required by paragraph
(a)(3) of this section for at least 6
months, and must keep each record re-
quired by paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) of
this section for at least 12 months.
(c) For multiengine aircraft, each
certificate holder is responsible for the
preparation and accuracy of a load
manifest in duplicate containing infor-
mation concerning the loading of the
aircraft. The manifest must be pre-
pared before each takeoff and must in-
clude:
(1) The number of passengers;
(2) The total weight of the loaded air-
craft;
(3) The maximum allowable takeoff
weight for that flight;
(4) The center of gravity limits;
(5) The center of gravity of the load-
ed aircraft, except that the actual cen-
ter of gravity need not be computed if
the aircraft is loaded according to a
loading schedule or other approved
method that ensures that the center of
gravity of the loaded aircraft is within
approved limits. In those cases, an
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entry shall be made on the manifest in-
dicating that the center of gravity is
within limits according to a loading
schedule or other approved method;
(6) The registration number of the
aircraft or flight number;
(7) The origin and destination; and
(8) Identification of crew members
and their crew position assignments.
(d) The pilot in command of an air-
craft for which a load manifest must be
prepared shall carry a copy of the com-
pleted load manifest in the aircraft to
its destination. The certificate holder
shall keep copies of completed load
manifests for at least 30 days at its
principal operations base, or at another
location used by it and approved by the
Administrator.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–52, 59 FR 42993, Aug.
19, 1994]
§ 135.64 Retention of contracts and
amendments: Commercial operators
who conduct intrastate operations
for compensation or hire.
Each commercial operator who con-
ducts intrastate operations for com-
pensation or hire shall keep a copy of
each written contract under which it
provides services as a commercial oper-
ator for a period of at least one year
after the date of execution of the con-
tract. In the case of an oral contract, it
shall keep a memorandum stating its
elements, and of any amendments to it,
for a period of at least one year after
the execution of that contract or
change.
[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20, 1995, as
amended by Amdt. 135–65, 61 FR 30435, June
14, 1996; Amdt. 135–66, 62 FR 13257, Mar. 19,
1997]
§ 135.65 Reporting mechanical irreg-
ularities.
(a) Each certificate holder shall pro-
vide an aircraft maintenance log to be
carried on board each aircraft for re-
cording or deferring mechanical irreg-
ularities and their correction.
(b) The pilot in command shall enter
or have entered in the aircraft mainte-
nance log each mechanical irregularity
that comes to the pilot’s attention dur-
ing flight time. Before each flight, the
pilot in command shall, if the pilot
does not already know, determine the
status of each irregularity entered in
the maintenance log at the end of the
preceding flight.
(c) Each person who takes corrective
action or defers action concerning a re-
ported or observed failure or malfunc-
tion of an airframe, powerplant, pro-
peller, rotor, or appliance, shall record
the action taken in the aircraft main-
tenance log under the applicable main-
tenance requirements of this chapter.
(d) Each certificate holder shall es-
tablish a procedure for keeping copies
of the aircraft maintenance log re-
quired by this section in the aircraft
for access by appropriate personnel and
shall include that procedure in the
manual required by § 135.21.
§ 135.67 Reporting potentially haz-
ardous meteorological conditions
and irregularities of ground facili-
ties or navigation aids.
Whenever a pilot encounters a poten-
tially hazardous meteorological condi-
tion or an irregularity in a ground fa-
cility or navigation aid in flight, the
knowledge of which the pilot considers
essential to the safety of other flights,
the pilot shall notify an appropriate
ground radio station as soon as prac-
ticable.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 1, 1978, as
amended at Amdt. 135–1, 44 FR 26737, May 7,
1979; Amdt. 135–110, 72 FR 31684, June 7, 2007]
§ 135.69 Restriction or suspension of
operations: Continuation of flight in
an emergency.
(a) During operations under this part,
if a certificate holder or pilot in com-
mand knows of conditions, including
airport and runway conditions, that
are a hazard to safe operations, the cer-
tificate holder or pilot in command, as
the case may be, shall restrict or sus-
pend operations as necessary until
those conditions are corrected.
(b) No pilot in command may allow a
flight to continue toward any airport
of intended landing under the condi-
tions set forth in paragraph (a) of this
section, unless, in the opinion of the
pilot in command, the conditions that
are a hazard to safe operations may
reasonably be expected to be corrected
by the estimated time of arrival or, un-
less there is no safer procedure. In the
latter event, the continuation toward