Q6. When an aircraft is transferred, and a ferry flight
When an aircraft logbook is lost, destroyed, or
is involved, what person provides flight time to
damaged, the following sources of information can be
the accepting activity?
used to reconstruct the logbook:
DISPOSITION
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe proce-
dures to dispose of aircraft logbooks upon sale,
transfer, or destruction of aircraft.
Logs and records for aircraft stricken from the
Navy inventory are disposed of as follows:
Inspection, TD, and aircraft general files.
Aircraft Record A card.
Contents of the ADB.
Destroyed aircraft. Logs and records are disposed
of locally after necessary investigation and preparation
of required reports.
Technical Directives Requirements Lists 02
and 04. These lists can be obtained from the
Commander, Naval Air Systems (COM-
NAVAIRSYSCOM).
Sale or Transfer. When an aircraft is sold or
transferred to other than Navy custody, the logs and
records accompany the aircraft unless otherwise
directed by the aircraft controlling custodian (ACC) or
type commander (TYCOM). Classified information is
removed from the records or cleared for release before
the sale or transfer of the aircraft.
SRC cards, ASRs, and MSRs information
obtained from the Aeronautical Time Cycle
Management (ATCM) Central Repository
at COMNAVAIRSYSCOM.
Special Categories. A special category provides
for the disposition of logs and records of experimental
aircraft, those logs and records that have historical
value, and logs and records of aircraft or equipment that
have been lost in combat. Also included in this category
are the logs and records of aircraft involved in an
accident that results in death, missing in action, injury
to any person, or substantial damage to other than
government property. These logs and records are
retained by the operating activity for a period of 1 year,
and then forwarded to the Washington National
Records Center. Refer to Navy and Marine Corps
Records Disposition Manual, SECNAVINST 5212.5,
for detailed procedures for transferring records to the
Washington National Records Center.
EHR information, which can be obtained
from the applicable maintenance engineer-
ing cognizant field activity (MECFA)
repository.
File of OPNAV XRAY reports and Engine
Transaction Reports (ETRs).
Records maintained by the cognizant field
activity (CFA) and rework activity.
Aircraft manufacturer.
Other available data sources, such as Naval
Aviation Logistics Data Analysis
(NALDA), Enhanced Comprehensive Asset
Management System (ECAMS), and
NALCOMIS OMA databases.
Q7. The logs and records for an experimental aircraft
that is involved in an accident that results in the
death of civilian personnel should be retained by
the operating activity for a period of 1 year. What
is the disposition of these logs and records at the
end of 1 year?
Q8. An aircraft logbook has been lost. Reconstruction
procedures are underway. What activity can
provide information for reconstruction of ASRs,
MSRs, and SRC cards?
ENTRIES AND SIGNATURES
RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES FOR
LOST OR DESTROYED LOGBOOKS
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify person-
nel authorized to make entries and sign aircraft
logbook records.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe proce-
The logbook should be neat and clean. The
dures for reconstruction of lost or destroyed
necessary entries should be made under the direction of
aircraft logbooks.
the maintenance officer of the station or unit to which
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