Annual Inspection Paperwork

Kiddo's Driver said:
I'll still have Google Photos and my local computer. I've thought about some thumb drives too. USB ports are still likely to exist.
Don't make me talk about 5-1/4 floppies...
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Pfft. I think that I've got an 8" hard sectored floppy drive around here somewhere.
 
Kevin Eggert said:
It was more of a question of whether an actual A&P actually did it, or if the owner just wrote it in themselves. If I can track down the A&P, I'll have my answer. Had there been a copy filed somewhere from the 3rd party A&P (not the owner) I would have more confidence that this actually happened versus someone with a pen who was motivated to illegitimately increase the value of their property.
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Just a quick tip... if the mechanic's name is Jack Daniels or Jim Beam maybe the entries are falsified. Maybe?
 
Klaus M said:
Just a quick tip... if the mechanic's name is Jack Daniels or Jim Beam maybe the entries are falsified. Maybe?
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I used to work with a mechanic whose name was two letters in the phonetic alphabet…sounded pretty fake to me. ;)
 
There are also folks on there that passed 70 years ago!
 
So, I do not want to be presumptive, or to wade into waters over my head, but my CFI told me that the "legal" requirement (in 2024, for single engine general aviation aircraft that are not rented or used commercially) is that a "record" be kept that an IA signed the aircraft off as being airworthy and that all of the relevant ADs had been complied with within the past 12 months. No "log", let alone separate aircraft, engine, and propeller logs are "legally" required. (Not that they are not useful, and quite valuable, just that they not "legally" required.) That if one wanted to, one could "record" the inspection in catsup on an old pizza box, and discard everything save the AD list upon completion of the next annual inspection.
 
Rene said:
That if one wanted to, one could "record" the inspection in catsup on an old pizza box, and discard everything save the AD list upon completion of the next annual inspection.
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In general, yes. Except FAA guidance points to black or blue ink vs ketchup and the retention of a few more records than just the AD listing. The owner/operator is the sole custodian of the aircraft “maintenance record” to include its format and has been that way for many years regardless of ops type. Part 91.417 and AC 43-9 are the pertinent references.
 
Bell206 said:
In general, yes. Except FAA guidance points to black or blue ink vs ketchup and the retention of a few more records than just the AD listing. The owner/operator is the sole custodian of the aircraft “maintenance record” to include its format and has been that way for many years regardless of ops type. Part 91.417 and AC 43-9 are the pertinent references.
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and, of course, there are those of us who are old enough to remember when some official FAA forms had to be filled out/signed in blue ink. Some countries (Pakistan comes to mind) still require blue ink.
 
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