Section 135.23

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

(g) For the purpose of complying
with paragraph (d) of this section, a
certificate holder may furnish the persons 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 language. If the certificate holder furnishes all or part of the manual in
other than printed form, it must ensure there is a compatible reading device available to those persons that
provides a legible image of the information and instructions, or a system
that is able to retrieve the information
and instructions in the English language.
(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]

Section 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 Section 119.69(a) of this
chapter who is authorized to act for
the certificate holder, the person-s assigned area of responsibility, the person-s duties, responsibilities, and authority, and the name and title of each
person authorized to exercise operational control under Section 135.77;
(b) Procedures for ensuring compliance with aircraft weight and balance
limitations and, for multiengine aircraft, for determining compliance with
Section 135.185;
(c) Copies of the certificate holder-s
operations specifications or appropriate 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 accident 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 approved for return to service in compliance with applicable maintenance requirements;
(f) Procedures for reporting and recording 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 reported for previous flights have been
corrected or that correction has been
deferred;
(h) Procedures to be followed by the
pilot in command to obtain maintenance, 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 operator;
(i) Procedures under Section 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, protecting from fire (including electrostatic protection), and supervising and
protecting passengers during refueling;
(k) Procedures to be followed by the
pilot in command in the briefing under
Section 135.117;
(l) Flight locating procedures, when
applicable;
(m) Procedures for ensuring compliance with emergency procedures, including a list of the functions assigned
each category of required crewmembers in connection with an emergency and emergency evacuation duties under Section 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 supervising the following job functions involving items for transport on an aircraft:
(i) Acceptance;
(ii) Rejection;

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