The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013

Completion and retention of records

31.—(1) At the end of every flight by an aircraft registered in the Territory to which the provisions of article 30 apply the pilot-in-command of the aircraft must enter in a technical log or approved record, as the case may be—

(a) the times when the aircraft took off and landed;

(b) particulars of any defect which is known to the pilot-in-command and which affects the airworthiness or safe operation of the aircraft; and

(c) such other particulars in respect of the airworthiness or operation of the aircraft as the Governor may require;

and must sign and date such entries.

(2) In the case of a number of consecutive flights each of which begins and ends—

(a) within a period of 24 hours;

(b) with the same person as pilot-in-command of the aircraft;

the pilot-in-command may, except where the pilot becomes aware of a defect during an earlier flight, make the entries specified in paragraph (1) at the end of the last of such consecutive flights.

(3) When any defect which has been or should have been entered in a technical log or approved record is rectified, the person issuing a certificate of release to service under this Order in respect of that defect must enter the certificate in the technical log or approved record in such a position as to be readily identifiable with the defect to which it relates.

(4) Each entry in a logbook required under article 30(1) must be made—

(a) as soon as practicable after the occurrence to which it relates; and

(b) on each occasion that any overhaul, repair, replacement, modification, maintenance or inspection is undertaken on the engine or propeller.

(5) Any document or electronic record that has been incorporated by reference in a logbook is deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to be part of the logbook.

(6) It is the duty of the operator of every aircraft, for which technical logs and logbooks are required to be kept, to keep or preserve them or cause them to be kept or preserved in accordance with specified requirements.