Section 135.65

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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]

Section 135.65 Reporting mechanical irregularities.
(a) Each certificate holder shall provide an aircraft maintenance log to be
carried on board each aircraft for recording or deferring mechanical irregularities and their correction.
(b) The pilot in command shall enter
or have entered in the aircraft maintenance log each mechanical irregularity
that comes to the pilot-s attention during 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 reported or observed failure or malfunction of an airframe, powerplant, propeller, rotor, or appliance, shall record
the action taken in the aircraft maintenance log under the applicable maintenance requirements of this chapter.
(d) Each certificate holder shall establish a procedure for keeping copies
of the aircraft maintenance log required by this section in the aircraft
for access by appropriate personnel and
shall include that procedure in the
manual required by Section 135.21.
Section 135.67 Reporting
potentially
hazardous meteorological conditions
and irregularities of ground facilities or navigation aids.
Whenever a pilot encounters a potentially hazardous meteorological condition or an irregularity in a ground facility 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 practicable.
[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]

Section 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 command knows of conditions, including
airport and runway conditions, that
are a hazard to safe operations, the certificate holder or pilot in command, as
the case may be, shall restrict or suspend 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 conditions 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, unless there is no safer procedure. In the
latter event, the continuation toward
that airport is an emergency situation
under Section 135.19.
Section 135.71 Airworthiness check.
The pilot in command may not begin
a flight unless the pilot determines
that the airworthiness inspections required by Section 91.409 of this chapter, or
Section 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]

Section 135.73 Inspections and tests.
Each certificate holder and each person 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 certificate holder-s operating certificate, and
operations specifications.
Section 135.75 Inspectors credentials: Admission to pilots- compartment: Forward observer-s seat.
(a) Whenever, in performing the duties 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

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