14 CFR § 249.8 - Premature loss or destruction of records.

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title: "14 CFR § 249.8 - Premature loss or destruction of records."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "249.8"
section_name: "Premature loss or 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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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 401, 411, 413, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1214, 46 FR 25415, May 6, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 249.8 Premature loss or destruction of records.

If records are destroyed or lost before the expiration of the prescribed retention period, a statement shall be prepared and submitted to the Director, Office of Airline Information, which lists, as accurately as possible, the unavailable records and describes the circumstances under which they became unavailable.

[ER-1214, 46 FR 25415, May 6, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 66725, Dec. 26, 1995]