5Retention of aircraft maintenance records by certificate of registration holder

5 Retention of aircraft maintenance records by certificate of registration holder

5.1 For subregulation 50C (1) of CAR, CASA directs the holder of the certificate of registration for an aircraft to retain aircraft maintenance records for the aircraft in accordance with paragraph 5.2.

5.2Aircraft maintenance records must be retained for the following periods:

(a) in the case of a log book for an aircraft or a maintenance release — at all times until the end of a period of 1 year after the aircraft has been permanently removed from the Australian Civil Aircraft Register;

(b) in the case of a log book for an aircraft engine or propeller — at all times until the end of a period of 1 year after the component has been permanently withdrawn from use;

(c) in the case of a Major Assembly History Card and Component History Card — as the case requires:

(i) from the date of the last overhaul of a component to which the Card relates until certification is made for the next overhaul; or

(ii) for a period of 1 year after the component has been permanently withdrawn from use;

(d) in the case of maintenance records containing data relating to a modification or repair — at all times until the end of a period of 1 year after the aircraft has been permanently removed from the Australian Civil Aircraft Register, unless the data is on public record or is otherwise publicly available;

(e) where certifications are made on documents other than aircraft log books:

(i) in the case of the record for certification for completion of a mandatory inspection, test or check which is required to be repeated at specified intervals — until a subsequent certification has been made for the completion of the inspection; and

(ii) in the case of the record for certification for completion of a mandatory inspection, test or check which is not required to be repeated and for completion of a modification, major repair or the installation of a major aircraft component — a period of 1 year commencing immediately after the certification;

(f) in the case of a copy of a maintenance release held by the authorised person who issued the maintenance release — a period of 1 year commencing immediately after the date of issue.

5.2AIn the case of a work documentation package being cited in a final certification in lieu of providing some or all of the detail required by paragraph 4.4 of Part 4 of Schedule 6 to CAR — the holder of the certificate of registration must retain a copy of the relevant sections of the work documentation package with the aircraft log book at all times until the end of a period of 1 year after the aircraft has been permanently removed from the Australian Civil Aircraft Register.