The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015

PART 16 Documents and records

Documents to be carried

84.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man must, when in flight, carry documents in accordance with Schedule 7.

(2) If a flight is intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome and does not include passage over the territory of a country other than the Isle of Man, the documents may be kept at the aerodrome instead of being carried in the aircraft.

Keeping and production of records of exposure to cosmic radiation

85.—(1) A relevant undertaking must keep a record for the period and in the manner prescribed of the exposure to cosmic radiation of air crew assessed under article 83 and the names of the air crew concerned.

(2) A relevant undertaking must, within a reasonable period after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to the person the record required to be kept under paragraph (1).

(3) A relevant undertaking must, within a reasonable period after being requested to do so by a person for whom a record is required to be kept under paragraph (1), supply a copy of that record to the person.

(4) In this article “air crew” and “undertaking” have the same meaning as in article 83(5).

Use of flight recording systems

86.—(1) On a flight on which a flight data recorder, a cockpit voice recorder or a combined cockpit voice recorder/flight data recorder is required by paragraph 4(3), (4), or (5) of the Table in Schedule 3 to be carried in an aeroplane, the recorder must always be in use from the beginning of the take-off run to the end of the landing run.

(2) On a flight on which a cockpit voice recorder, a flight data recorder or a combined cockpit voice recorder/flight data recorder is required by paragraph 4(12) of the Table in Schedule 3 to be carried in a helicopter, the recorder must always be in use from the time the rotors first turn for the purpose of taking off until the rotors are next stopped.

Preservation of records of aeroplane flight data recorder

87.—(1) Subject to article 90, the operator of an aeroplane must at all times—

(a) preserve the last 25 hours of recording made by a flight data recorder that must by or under this Order be carried in an aeroplane; and

(b) preserve a record of at least one representative flight made within the last 12 months.

(2) The representative flight referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must include a take-off, climb, cruise, descent, approach to landing and landing.

(3) The record required by paragraph (1)(b) must include a means of identifying the flight to which it relates.

(4) The operator of an aeroplane must preserve the records required by this article for such period as the Department may direct.

Production of documents and records

88.—(1) The operator of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to the person any of the documents or records specified in paragraph (2) that have been requested by the person.

(2) The documents and records are—

(a) the documents referred to in Schedule 7 as Documents A, B, F, G and K;

(b) the aircraft log book, engine log books and variable pitch propeller log books required under this Order to be kept;

(c) the mass schedule, if any, required to be preserved under article 30(4);

(d) the record made by a flight data recorder required to be carried by or under this Order.

(3) The holder of a licence granted or rendered valid under this Order or of a medical certificate required under article 43(2) must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause the licence to be produced to the person.

Power to inspect and copy documents and records

89.  An authorised person may inspect and copy any certificate, licence, log book, document or record that the person has the power to require to be produced under this Order.

Preservation of documents, etc.

90.—(1) A person who is required by this Order to preserve a document or record by reason of being the operator of an aircraft is in this article called “the first operator”.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), if the first operator ceases to be the operator of an aircraft that operator must continue to preserve the document or record until paragraph (4) has been complied with.

(3) If the first operator dies the duty to preserve the document or record falls on the first operator’s personal representative.

(4) If another person becomes the operator of the aircraft, the first operator or the first operator’s personal representative must deliver to that other person on demand—

(a) the certificates of maintenance review and release to service;

(b) the log books;

(c) the mass schedule; and

(d) any record made by a flight data recorder and preserved in accordance with article 87,

that is in force or required to be preserved for the aircraft.

(5) If an engine or variable pitch propeller is removed from an aircraft and installed in another aircraft operated by another person, the first operator of the aircraft or the first operator’s personal representative must deliver to that other person on demand the log book relating to the engine or propeller.

(6) It is the duty of the other person referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5) to deal with the documents or records delivered under those provisions as if the person were the first operator.