SectionSection 121.698-121.699

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(d) If a flight originates at a place
other than the certificate holder-s principal base of operations, and there is at
that place a person to manage the
flight departure for the certificate
holder who does not himself or herself
depart on the airplane, signed copies of
the documents listed in paragraph (a)
of this section may be retained at that
place for not more than 30 days before
being sent to the certificate holder-s
principal base of operations. However,
the documents for a particular flight
need not be further retained at that
place or be sent to the principal base of
operations, if the originals or other
copies of them have been previously returned to the principal base of operations.
(e) The certificate holder conducting
supplemental operations shall:
(1) Identify in its operations manual
the person having custody of the copies
of documents retained in accordance
with paragraph (d) of this section; and
(2) Retain at its principal base of operations either an original or a copy of
the records required by this section for
at least three months.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121-123, 40 FR 44541, Sept.
29, 1975; Amdt. 121-143, 43 FR 22642, May 25,
1978; Amdt. 121-178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982;
Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 1996]

SectionSection 121.698-121.699
Section 121.701

[Reserved]

Maintenance log: Aircraft.

(a) Each person who takes action in
the case of a reported or observed failure or malfunction of an airframe, engine, propeller, or appliance that is
critical to the safety of flight shall
make, or have made, a record of that
action in the airplane-s maintenance
log.
(b) Each certificate holder shall have
an approved procedure for keeping adequate copies of the record required in
paragraph (a) of this section in the airplane in a place readily accessible to
each flight crewmember and shall put
that procedure in the certificate holder-s manual.
Section 121.703

Service difficulty reports.

(a) Each certificate holder shall report the occurrence or detection of

each failure, malfunction, or defect
concerning - 
(1) Fires during flight and whether
the related fire-warning system functioned properly;
(2) Fires during flight not protected
by a related fire-warning system;
(3) False fire warning during flight;
(4) An engine exhaust system that
causes damage during flight to the engine, adjacent structure, equipment, or
components;
(5) An aircraft component that
causes accumulation or circulation of
smoke, vapor, or toxic or noxious
fumes in the crew compartment or passenger cabin during flight;
(6) Engine shutdown during flight because of flameout;
(7) Engine shutdown during flight
when external damage to the engine or
airplane structure occurs;
(8) Engine shutdown during flight due
to foreign object ingestion or icing;
(9) Engine shutdown during flight of
more than one engine;
(10) A propeller feathering system or
ability of the system to control overspeed during flight;
(11) A fuel or fuel-dumping system
that affects fuel flow or causes hazardous leakage during flight;
(12) An unwanted landing gear extension or retraction, or an unwanted
opening or closing of landing gear
doors during flight;
(13) Brake system components that
result in loss of brake actuating force
when the airplane is in motion on the
ground;
(14) Aircraft structure that requires
major repair;
(15) Cracks, permanent deformation,
or corrosion of aircraft structures, if
more than the maximum acceptable to
the manufacturer or the FAA;
(16) Aircraft components or systems
that result in taking emergency actions during flight (except action to
shut down an engine); and
(17) Emergency evacuation systems
or components including all exit doors,
passenger emergency evacuation lighting systems, or evacuation equipment
that are found defective, or that fail to
perform the intended functions during
an actual emergency or during training, testing, maintenance, demonstrations, or inadvertent deployments.

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