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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 135.23 

(g) For the purpose of complying 

with paragraph (d) of this section, a 
certificate holder may furnish the per-
sons listed therein with all or part of 
its manual in printed form or other 
form, acceptable to the Administrator, 
that is retrievable in the English lan-
guage. If the certificate holder fur-
nishes all or part of the manual in 
other than printed form, it must en-
sure there is a compatible reading de-
vice available to those persons that 
provides a legible image of the infor-
mation and instructions, or a system 
that is able to retrieve the information 
and instructions in the English lan-
guage. 

(h) If a certificate holder conducts 

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

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–18, 47 FR 33396, Aug. 2, 
1982; Amdt. 135–58, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20, 1995; 
Amdt. 135–66, 62 FR 13257, Mar. 19, 1997; 
Amdt. 135–91, 68 FR 54585, Sept. 17, 2003] 

§ 135.23

Manual contents. 

Each manual shall have the date of 

the last revision on each revised page. 
The manual must include— 

(a) The name of each management 

person required under § 119.69(a) of this 
chapter who is authorized to act for 
the certificate holder, the person’s as-
signed area of responsibility, the per-
son’s duties, responsibilities, and au-
thority, and the name and title of each 
person authorized to exercise oper-
ational control under § 135.77; 

(b) Procedures for ensuring compli-

ance with aircraft weight and balance 
limitations and, for multiengine air-
craft, for determining compliance with 
§ 135.185; 

(c) Copies of the certificate holder’s 

operations specifications or appro-
priate extracted information, including 
area of operations authorized, category 
and class of aircraft authorized, crew 
complements, and types of operations 
authorized; 

(d) Procedures for complying with ac-

cident notification requirements; 

(e) Procedures for ensuring that the 

pilot in command knows that required 

airworthiness inspections have been 
made and that the aircraft has been ap-
proved for return to service in compli-
ance with applicable maintenance re-
quirements; 

(f) Procedures for reporting and re-

cording mechanical irregularities that 
come to the attention of the pilot in 
command before, during, and after 
completion of a flight; 

(g) Procedures to be followed by the 

pilot in command for determining that 
mechanical irregularities or defects re-
ported for previous flights have been 
corrected or that correction has been 
deferred; 

(h) Procedures to be followed by the 

pilot in command to obtain mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, and 
servicing of the aircraft at a place 
where previous arrangements have not 
been made by the operator, when the 
pilot is authorized to so act for the op-
erator; 

(i) Procedures under § 135.179 for the 

release for, or continuation of, flight if 
any item of equipment required for the 
particular type of operation becomes 
inoperative or unserviceable en route; 

(j) Procedures for refueling aircraft, 

eliminating fuel contamination, pro-
tecting from fire (including electro-
static protection), and supervising and 
protecting passengers during refueling; 

(k) Procedures to be followed by the 

pilot in command in the briefing under 
§ 135.117; 

(l) Flight locating procedures, when 

applicable; 

(m) Procedures for ensuring compli-

ance with emergency procedures, in-
cluding a list of the functions assigned 
each category of required crew-
members in connection with an emer-
gency and emergency evacuation du-
ties under § 135.123; 

(n) En route qualification procedures 

for pilots, when applicable; 

(o) The approved aircraft inspection 

program, when applicable; 

(p)(1) Procedures and information, as 

described in paragraph (p)(2) of this 
section, to assist each crewmember and 
person performing or directly super-
vising the following job functions in-
volving items for transport on an air-
craft: 

(i) Acceptance; 
(ii) Rejection; 

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