---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 142.73"
title: "14"
number: "142.73"
heading: "Recordkeeping requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/142.73"
---

# §142.73. Recordkeeping requirements.

- (a) A certificate holder must maintain a record for each trainee that contains—
  - (1) The name of the trainee;
  - (2) A copy of the trainee's pilot certificate, if any, and medical certificate;
  - (3) The name of the course and the make and model of flight training equipment used;
  - (4) The trainee's prerequisite experience and course time completed;
  - (5) The trainee's performance on each lesson and the name of the instructor providing instruction;
  - (6) The date and result of each end-of-course practical test and the name of the evaluator conducting the test; and
  - (7) The number of hours of additional training that was accomplished after any unsatisfactory practical test.
- (b) A certificate holder shall maintain a record for each instructor or evaluator designated to instruct a course approved in accordance with [subpart B](/cfr/14/subpartB.md) of this part that indicates that the instructor or evaluator has complied with the requirements of §§ [142.13](/cfr/14/142.13.md), [142.45](/cfr/14/142.45.md), [142.47](/cfr/14/142.47.md), [142.49](/cfr/14/142.49.md), and [142.53](/cfr/14/142.53.md), as applicable.
- (c) **The certificate holder shall—**
  - (1) Maintain the records required by [paragraphs (a)](#a) of this section for at least 1 year following the completion of training, testing or checking;
  - (2) Maintain the qualification records required by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section while the instructor or evaluator is in the employ of the certificate holder and for 1 year thereafter; and
  - (3) Maintain the recurrent demonstration of proficiency records required by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section for at least 1 year.
- (d) The certificate holder must provide the records required by this section to the Administrator, upon request and at a reasonable time, and shall keep the records required by—
  - (1) [Paragraph (a)](#a) of this section at the training center, or satellite training center where the training, testing, or checking, if appropriate, occurred; and
  - (2) [Paragraph (b)](#b) of this section at the training center or satellite training center where the instructor or evaluator is primarily employed.
- (e) The certificate holder shall provide to a trainee, upon request and at a reasonable time, a copy of his or her training records.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44703, 44705, 44707, 44709-44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 26933, 61 FR 34562, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.