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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