14 CFR § 249.6 - Destruction of records.

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title: "14 CFR § 249.6 - Destruction of records."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "249.6"
section_name: "Destruction of records."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "249"
part_name: "PRESERVATION OF AIR CARRIER RECORDS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 401, 411, 413, 417."
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# 249.6 Destruction of records.

(a) Upon the expiration of the period of preservation prescribed in this part, records may be destroyed at the option of the carrier.

(b) Unless otherwise specified, duplicate copies of records may be destroyed at any time if they contain no significant information not shown on the originals.

[ER-1214, 46 FR 25415, May 6, 1981, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15932, Apr. 16, 2019]