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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 135.64
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