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§ 125.53

(3) Other operations approved by the

responsible Flight Standards office.

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–14002, 72 FR 31682, June 7,
2007, as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119,
Amdt. 125–68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 125.53

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 airplane is overdue or
missing; and

(3) Provide the certificate holder

with the location, date, and estimated
time for reestablishing radio or tele-
phone communications, if the flight
will operate in an area where commu-
nications cannot be maintained.

(b) Flight locating information shall

be retained at the certificate holder’s
principal operations base, or at other
places designated by the certificate
holder in the flight locating proce-
dures, until the completion of the
flight.

nish the representative of the Adminis-
trator assigned to it with a copy of its
flight locating procedures and any
changes or additions, unless those pro-
cedures are included in a manual re-
quired under this part.

Subpart C—Manual Requirements

§ 125.71

Preparation.

(a) Each certificate holder shall pre-

pare and keep current a manual setting
forth the certificate holder’s proce-
dures and policies acceptable to the
Administrator. This manual must be
used by the certificate holder’s flight,
ground, and maintenance personnel in
conducting its operations. However,
the Administrator may authorize a de-
viation from this paragraph if the Ad-
ministrator finds that, because of the
limited size of the operation, all or
part of the manual is not necessary for
guidance of flight, ground, or mainte-
nance personnel.

(b) Each certificate holder shall

maintain at least one copy of the man-
ual at its principal operations base.

to any applicable Federal regulations,
foreign regulation applicable to the
certificate holder’s operations in for-
eign countries, or the certificate hold-
er’s operating certificate or operations
specifications.

(d) A copy of the manual, or appro-

priate portions of the manual (and
changes and additions) shall be made
available to maintenance and ground
operations personnel by the certificate
holder and furnished to—

(1) Its flight crewmembers; and
(2) The responsible Flight Standards

office charged with the overall inspec-
tion of its operations.

(e) Each employee of the certificate

holder to whom a manual or appro-
priate portions of it are furnished
under paragraph (d)(1) of this section
shall keep it up to date with the
changes and additions furnished to
them.

(f) For the purpose of complying with

paragraph (d) of this section, a certifi-
cate holder may furnish the persons
listed therein with the maintenance
part of its manual in printed form or
other form, acceptable to the Adminis-
trator, that is retrievable in the
English language. If the certificate
holder furnishes the maintenance part
of the manual in other than printed
form, it must ensure there is a compat-
ible reading device available to those
persons that provides a legible image
of the maintenance information and in-
structions or a system that is able to
retrieve the maintenance information
and instructions in the English lan-
guage.

(g) If a certificate holder conducts

airplane inspections or maintenance at
specified stations where it keeps the
approved inspection program manual,
it is not required to carry the manual
aboard the airplane en route to those
stations.

[Doc. No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 125–28, 62 FR 13257, Mar.
19, 1997; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 125–68,
83 FR 9173, Mar. 5, 2018]

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