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Sky Flite Aviation We provide a full service – Aircraft Sales, Management, Maintenance and turn key FAA Air Carrier Aircraft Charters. Founded in 1972.

04/28/2026

What is valuable to the owner of an aircraft but not to anyone else? Aircraft logbooks.

04/27/2026

What is valuable to the owner of an aircraft but not to anyone else? Aircraft logbooks.

What makes logbooks so special?
Logbooks can affect the value of an aircraft and are required to prove compliance with the regulations



Aircraft maintenance logbooks are required by 14 CFR §91.417. While the FAA does not specify what form they must be in, logbooks must contain certain information. The same regulation also says you only need to keep maintenance records “until the work is repeated or superseded by other work or for 1 year after the work is performed.” While it is not necessary (or advisable) to store maintenance records onboard the aircraft they belong to, they must be produced for inspection by the FAA, NTSB, or law enforcement when requested.

Logbooks are also used to determine the aircraft’s compliance with airworthiness directives (AD). One of the first places potential buyers want to look when getting serious about buying an aircraft is the maintenance records. If logbooks cannot prove compliance with ADs, then conforming inspections will need to take place to put the aircraft back into compliance. Those conforming inspections may be expensive, which will reduce what a potential buyer is willing to pay. Also aircraft logs may give an indication of any accident history in the aircraft’s past. Accident history will also have a tendency to depress the value of an aircraft.

So, what do you do if you do not have your aircraft logbooks in your possession? The best option is to try to get the logs back.

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