S.L. 499.9 Art. 14Aircraft, engine and propeller log books.

(1) In addition to any other log books required by or under this Order, the following log books shall be kept in respect of aircraft registered in Malta -

(a) an aircraft log book; and

(b) a separate log book in respect of each engine fitted in the aircraft; and

(c) a separate log book in respect of each variable pitch propeller fitted to the aircraft. The log books shall include the particulars respectively specified in the Seventh Schedule.

(2) (a) Each entry in the log book, other than such an entry as is referred to in sub-paragraphs 2(d)(ii) or 3(d)(ii) of the Seventh Schedule shall be made as soon as is practicable after the occurrence to which it relates, but in no event more than seven days after the expiration of the certificate of maintenance, if any, in force in respect of the aircraft at the time of the occurrence.

(b) Each entry in the log book, being such an entry as is referred to in sub-paragraph 2(d)(ii) or 3(d)(ii) of the Seventh Schedule shall be made upon each occasion that any maintenance, overhaul, repair, replacement, modification or inspection is undertaken on the engine or propeller as the case may be.

(3) Entries in a log book may refer to other documents, which shall be clearly identified, and any other document so referred to shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Order, to be part of the log book.

(4) It shall be the duty of the operator of every aircraft in respect of which log books are required to be kept as aforesaid to keep them or cause them to be kept in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article.

(5) Subject to the provisions of article 59, every log book shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until a date two years after the aircraft, the engine or the variable pitch propeller, as the case may be, has been destroyed or has been permanently withdrawn from use.