---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 65.131"
title: "14"
number: "65.131"
heading: "Records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/65.131"
---

# §65.131. Records.

- (a) Each certificated parachute rigger shall keep a record of the packing, maintenance, and alteration of parachutes performed or supervised by him. He shall keep in that record, with respect to each parachute worked on, a statement of—
  - (1) Its type and make;
  - (2) Its serial number;
  - (3) The name and address of its owner;
  - (4) The kind and extent of the work performed;
  - (5) The date when and place where the work was performed; and
  - (6) **The results of any drop tests made with it.**
- (b) Each person who makes a record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall keep it for at least 2 years after the date it is made.
- (c) Each certificated parachute rigger who packs a parachute shall write, on the parachute packing record attached to the parachute, the date and place of the packing and a notation of any defects he finds on inspection. He shall sign that record with his name and the number of his certificate.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, unless otherwise noted.