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[Pinecone]

  On 4/10/2025 at 3:24 AM, MB65E said:

Was ramped checked at 7:45 AM on a Saturday while standing infront of our Citation last week. Inspector wanted to see the maintenance aircraft records. He thought they were supposed to be on the airplane. 
I then went back to my office and grabbed 15y worth of totes full of binders. Handed it to him while I gathered passengers and catering. 
No issues.

-Matt

 

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I would have made him sign a receipt for them that stated if any or all are not returned, he and the FAA is liable for the reduction in value of the aircraft.

[A64Pilot]

  On 4/10/2025 at 1:23 PM, Pinecone said:

I would have made him sign a receipt for them that stated if any or all are not returned, he and the FAA is liable for the reduction in value of the aircraft.

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I doubt he took them anywhere, unless there was an investigation of some kind. I don’t think they are allowed to just walk off with records?

I’m surprised maintenance records (historical) are even allowed to be on the airplane, Military they aren’t, if we had to, we put them on another aircraft while we carried theirs, reason is of course if there is an accident you don’t want the historical records destroyed. Would kind of upset the investigators and set fire to the conspiracy theorists I bet.

But Inspectors are from all kinds of backgrounds and I don’t think many are even A&P’s one of the ones for my Repair station’s background was an Avionics tech for instance, he was the PIA, the one that found obscure rules type.

Edited April 10 by A64Pilot