§ 135.23 Manual contents. Each manual accessed in paper format must display the date of last revision on each page. Each manual accessed in electronic format must display the date of last revision in a manner in which a person can immediately ascertain it. The manual must include: ( a ) The name of each management person required under § 119.69(a) of this chapter who is authorized to act for the certificate holder, the person's assigned area of responsibility, the person's duties, responsibilities, and authority, and the name and title of each person authorized to exercise operational control under § 135.77;
( b ) Procedures for ensuring compliance with aircraft weight and balance limitations and, for multiengine aircraft, for determining compliance with § 135.185;
( c ) Copies of the certificate holder's operations specifications or appropriate extracted information, including area of operations authorized, category and class of aircraft authorized, crew complements, and types of operations authorized;
( d ) Procedures for complying with accident notification requirements;
( e ) Procedures for ensuring that the pilot in command knows that required airworthiness inspections have been made and that the aircraft has been approved for return to service in compliance with applicable maintenance requirements;
( f ) Procedures for reporting and recording mechanical irregularities that come to the attention of the pilot in command before, during, and after completion of a flight;
( g ) Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command for determining that mechanical irregularities or defects reported for previous flights have been corrected or that correction has been deferred;
( h ) Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command to obtain maintenance, preventive maintenance, and servicing of the aircraft at a place where previous arrangements have not been made by the operator, when the pilot is authorized to so act for the operator;
( i ) Procedures under § 135.179 for the release for, or continuation of, flight if any item of equipment required for the particular type of operation becomes inoperative or unserviceable en route;
( j ) Procedures for refueling aircraft, eliminating fuel contamination, protecting from fire (including electrostatic protection), and supervising and protecting passengers during refueling;
( k ) Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command in the briefing under § 135.117;
( l ) Flight locating procedures, when applicable;
( m ) Procedures for ensuring compliance with emergency procedures, including a list of the functions assigned each category of required crewmembers in connection with an emergency and emergency evacuation duties under § 135.123;
( n ) En route qualification procedures for pilots, when applicable;
( o ) The approved aircraft inspection program, when applicable;
( p ) ( 1 ) Procedures and information, as described in paragraph (p)(2) of this section, to assist each crewmember and person performing or directly supervising the following job functions involving items for transport on an aircraft: ( i ) Acceptance;
( ii ) Rejection;
( iii ) Handling;
( iv ) Storage incidental to transport;
( v ) Packaging of company material; or
( vi ) Loading.
( 2 ) Ensure that the procedures and information described in this paragraph are sufficient to assist a person in identifying packages that are marked or labeled as containing hazardous materials or that show signs of containing undeclared hazardous materials. The procedures and information must include: ( i ) Procedures for rejecting packages that do not conform to the Hazardous Materials Regulations in 49 CFR parts 171 through 180 or that appear to contain undeclared hazardous materials;
( ii ) Procedures for complying with the hazardous materials incident reporting requirements of 49 CFR 171.15 and 171.16 and discrepancy reporting requirements of 49 CFR 175.31.
( iii ) The certificate holder's hazmat policies and whether the certificate holder is authorized to carry, or is prohibited from carrying, hazardous materials; and
( iv ) If the certificate holder's operations specifications permit the transport of hazardous materials, procedures and information to ensure the following: ( A ) That packages containing hazardous materials are properly offered and accepted in compliance with 49 CFR parts 171 through 180;
( B ) That packages containing hazardous materials are properly handled, stored, packaged, loaded and carried on board an aircraft in compliance with 49 CFR parts 171 through 180;
( C ) That the requirements for Notice to the Pilot in Command (49 CFR 175.33) are complied with; and
( D ) That aircraft replacement parts, consumable materials or other items regulated by 49 CFR parts 171 through 180 are properly handled, packaged, and transported.
( q ) Procedures for the evacuation of persons who may need the assistance of another person to move expeditiously to an exit if an emergency occurs; and
( r ) If required by § 135.385, an approved Destination Airport Analysis establishing runway safety margins at destination airports, taking into account the following factors as supported by published aircraft performance data supplied by the aircraft manufacturer for the appropriate runway conditions— ( 1 ) Pilot qualifications and experience;
( 2 ) Aircraft performance data to include normal, abnormal and emergency procedures as supplied by the aircraft manufacturer;
( 3 ) Airport facilities and topography;
( 4 ) Runway conditions (including contamination);
( 5 ) Airport or area weather reporting;
( 6 ) Appropriate additional runway safety margins, if required;
( 7 ) Airplane inoperative equipment;
( 8 ) Environmental conditions; and
( 9 ) Other criteria affecting aircraft performance.
( s ) Other procedures and policy instructions regarding the certificate holder's operations issued by the certificate holder.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 135-20, 51 FR 40709, Nov. 7, 1986; Amdt. 135-58, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20, 1995; Amdt. 135-91, 68 FR 54586, Sept. 17, 2003; Amdt. 135-101, 70 FR 58829, Oct. 7, 2005; Docket No. FAA-2022-0912; Amdt. No. 135-144, 88 FR 34443, May 30, 2023]