(a) Maintenance record entries. Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, each person who maintains, performs preventive maintenance, rebuilds, or alters an aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part shall make an entry in the maintenance record of that equipment containing the following information:
(1) A description (or reference to data acceptable to the Administrator) of work performed.
(2) The date of completion of the work performed.
(3) The name of the person performing the work if other than the person specified in paragraph (a)(4) of this section.
(4) If the work performed on the aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or component part has been performed satisfactorily, the signature, certificate number, and kind of certificate held by the person approving the work. The signature constitutes the approval for return to service only for the work performed.
(b) Each holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate issued under Part 121 or 135, that is required by its approved operations specifications to provide for a continuous airworthiness maintenance program, shall make a record of the maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration, on aircraft, airframes, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or component parts which it operates in accordance with the applicable provisions of Part 121 or 135 of this chapter, as appropriate.
(c) This section does not apply to persons performing inspections in accordance with Part 91, 125, § 135.411(a)(1), or § 135.419 of this chapter.
(d) In addition to the entry required by paragraph (a) of this section, major repairs and major alterations shall be entered on a form, and the form disposed of, in the manner prescribed in appendix B, by the person performing the work.
[Amdt. 43-23, 47 FR 41085, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended by Amdt. 43-37, 66 FR 21066, Apr. 27, 2001; Amdt. 43-39, 69 FR 44863, July 27, 2004]
Notes of Decisions
Robinson v. Hartzell Propeller Inc., 326 F. Supp. 2d 631 (E.D. Pa. 2004).
“14 C.F.R. §§ 43.9 (a), 43.12(a)(1). Regarding the remaining requirements, the mechanic who made the entries, John Hardy, is dead.”
Willett v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 851 N.E.2d 626 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006).
“14 C.F.R. § 43.9 (a) (2005). The same regulations provide that false entries in the maintenance records are punishable by suspension or revocation of the perpetrator’s airman, mechanic, or repairman certificate.”
Hetzer-Young v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 921 N.E.2d 683 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009).
“14 C.F.R. 43.9(a), 43.12(a)(1). Beegle indicated that because the recordkeeping system is standard in the industry and A & P mechanics are governed by the same federal aviation regulations, “any mechanic performing maintenance on an aircraft engine is able to accurately surmise…”
Austrian Airlines Oesterreichische Luftverkehrs AG v. UT Fin. Corp., 567 F. Supp. 2d 579 (S.D.N.Y. 2008).
“In the event that the facility performs a major repair to an aircraft's airframe, engines, appliances, or component parts, the facility must document those repairs pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 43.9 and the aircraft may return to service only when the facility has signed Form 337.”
Lacoste Aviation, LLC v. StarStone Nat'l Ins. Co. (E.D. La. 2024).
· cites it 3× “” See 14 C.F.R. §§ 43.9 , 91.417. Therefore, an aircraft’s owner could reasonably understand the term “recorded” in the context of an aircraft insurance policy to refer to FAA-mandated records.”
Jet Test & Transp. LLC v. Hallmark Ins. Co. (D. Nev. 2021).
· cites it 3× “Before the T34 could be put back into service the annual inspection must be 27 28 1 appropriately documented in the maintenance records ( 14 CFR §§43.9 (a) and 43.11).1 Jet Test 2 never saw a logbook or maintenance record entry documenting a 2013 annual inspection or 3 asked…”
Patrick Theo Freiwald v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 686 F. App'x 719 (11th Cir. 2017).
“14 C.F.R. §§ 43.9 (a), 43.11(a). For maintenance, the certificate holder who approves the work must sign the entry, which “constitutes the approval of return to service only for the work performed.”
Jason D Giordano v. Williams Int'l Co LLC (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
“In this case, because the conduct requested by defendant did not violate any law, plaintiff’s wrongful discharge as against public policy claim failed as a matter of law.”
Boaz v. Buford (E.D. Mich. 2023).
“2019) (holding that the “Maintenance Log has equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness” because “[s]uch logs are required to be maintained by federal regulation”) (citing 14 C.F.R. §§ 43.9 (a), 91.417, 91.419); see also United States v.”
Raab v. Blakely, 370 F. App'x 303 (3rd Cir. 2010).
“14 C.F.R. § 43.9 . The NTSB has stated that mechanics holding IAs and performing aircraft inspections are held to a high standard of care.”
— 14 C.F.R. § 43.9(a) — 2 cases
Hetzer-Young v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 921 N.E.2d 683 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009).
“14 C.F.R. 43.9(a), 43.12(a)(1). Beegle indicated that because the recordkeeping system is standard in the industry and A & P mechanics are governed by the same federal aviation regulations, “any mechanic performing maintenance on an aircraft engine is able to accurately surmise…”
Jet Test & Transp. LLC v. Hallmark Ins. Co. (D. Nev. 2021).
“Before the T34 could be put back into service the annual inspection must be 27 28 1 appropriately documented in the maintenance records ( 14 CFR §§43.9 (a) and 43.11).1 Jet Test 2 never saw a logbook or maintenance record entry documenting a 2013 annual inspection or 3 asked…”
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