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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 

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§ 135.79 

that airport is an emergency situation 
under § 135.19. 

§ 135.71 Airworthiness check. 

The pilot in command may not begin 

a flight unless the pilot determines 
that the airworthiness inspections re-
quired by § 91.409 of this chapter, or 
§ 135.419, whichever is applicable, have 
been made. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–32, 54 FR 34332, Aug. 
18, 1989] 

§ 135.73 Inspections and tests. 

Each certificate holder and each per-

son employed by the certificate holder 
shall allow the Administrator, at any 
time or place, to make inspections or 
tests (including en route inspections) 
to determine the holder’s compliance 
with the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 
applicable regulations, and the certifi-
cate holder’s operating certificate, and 
operations specifications. 

§ 135.75 Inspectors credentials: Admis-

sion to pilots’ compartment: For-

ward observer’s seat. 

(a) Whenever, in performing the du-

ties of conducting an inspection, an 
FAA inspector presents an Aviation 
Safety Inspector credential, FAA Form 
110A, to the pilot in command of an 
aircraft operated by the certificate 
holder, the inspector must be given 
free and uninterrupted access to the 
pilot compartment of that aircraft. 
However, this paragraph does not limit 
the emergency authority of the pilot in 
command to exclude any person from 
the pilot compartment in the interest 
of safety. 

(b) A forward observer’s seat on the 

flight deck, or forward passenger seat 
with headset or speaker must be pro-
vided for use by the Administrator 
while conducting en route inspections. 
The suitability of the location of the 
seat and the headset or speaker for use 
in conducting en route inspections is 
determined by the Administrator. 

§ 135.76 DOD Commercial Air Carrier 

Evaluator’s Credentials: Admission 

to pilots compartment: Forward ob-

server’s seat. 

(a) Whenever, in performing the du-

ties of conducting an evaluation, a 

DOD commercial air carrier evaluator 
presents S&A Form 110B, ‘‘DOD Com-
mercial Air Carrier Evaluator’s Cre-
dential,’’ to the pilot in command of an 
aircraft operated by the certificate 
holder, the evaluator must be given 
free and uninterrupted access to the pi-
lot’s compartment of that aircraft. 
However, this paragraph does not limit 
the emergency authority of the pilot in 
command to exclude any person from 
the pilot compartment in the interest 
of safety. 

(b) A forward observer’s seat on the 

flight deck or forward passenger seat 
with headset or speaker must be pro-
vided for use by the evaluator while 
conducting en route evaluations. The 
suitability of the location of the seat 
and the headset or speaker for use in 
conducting en route evaluations is de-
termined by the FAA. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2003–15571, 68 FR 41218, July 
10, 2003] 

§ 135.77 Responsibility for operational 

control. 

Each certificate holder is responsible 

for operational control and shall list, 
in the manual required by § 135.21, the 
name and title of each person author-
ized by it to exercise operational con-
trol. 

§ 135.78 Instrument approach proce-

dures and IFR landing minimums. 

No person may make an instrument 

approach at an airport except in ac-
cordance with IFR weather minimums 
and instrument approach procedures 
set forth in the certificate holder’s op-
erations specifications. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–14002, 72 FR 31684, June 7, 
2007] 

§ 135.79 Flight locating requirements. 

(a) Each certificate holder must have 

procedures established for locating 
each flight, for which an FAA flight 
plan is not filed, that— 

(1) Provide the certificate holder 

with at least the information required 
to be included in a VFR flight plan; 

(2) Provide for timely notification of 

an FAA facility or search and rescue 
facility, if an aircraft is overdue or 
missing; and