Yellow tags

I am still filtering out all the usual paperwork that comes with a previously loved airplane. You know, the usual receipts for 12
new batteries dating back to WWII etc.

Anyway, there are lots of yellow tags stapled in the logs and almost as many in various envelopes.

I was scanning the logs onto a CD and it got me thinking.

Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep them all together in an envelope?

Mike Z

Mike Z. wrote:
I am still filtering out all the usual paperwork that comes with a previously loved airplane. You know, the usual receipts for 12
new batteries dating back to WWII etc.
Anyway, there are lots of yellow tags stapled in the logs and almost as many in various envelopes.
I was scanning the logs onto a CD and it got me thinking.
Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep them all together in an envelope?

I would leave them stapled in the logbook. It gives a clearer chronology
of what was installed when.

Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep
them all together in an envelope?

Yes you can keep the yellow tags separate from the logbooks. I have seen
people use photo albums with the clear contact sheet covers. You can also
simply throw away a lot of them. Having a yellow tag for a twenty year old
starter that was replaced ten years ago doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Since the component is no longer on the aircraft I can't see why keeping that
information is helpful. Keeping yellow tags for currently installed equipment
is the only real requirement.

John Dupre'

"JDupre5762" wrote in message ...
Keeping yellow tags for currently installed equipment
is the only real requirement.

Actually, there's not even a requirement for that, however it behooves you
to do so because sometimes knowing the date and nature of the last overhaul
can save you some grief at a later AD time.

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ...

Actually, in this day and age, I'd almost argue that there *is* a
regulatory requirement. Else, how would you *prove* to an ASI that
the part you installed was not a SUP and that you were in compliance
with 43.13(a/b)?

The log book entry.

(JDupre5762) wrote in message ...
Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep
them all together in an envelope?


Great idea to have a notebook plastic bag to put them in.

You are required to keep the record until the part is replaced or
for 1 year.

If the part was life-limited, it might be a good idea to keep it longer!!

For example... you replace a heat muff. You keep the tag for a year.

I'm looking for the FAR section... not finding it. Bill Hale A&P

"Bill Hale" wrote in message om...

I'm looking for the FAR section... not finding it. Bill Hale A&P

You won't find any such FAR section.
The repair station is required to keep them for two years, there's no specific
requirement for the aircraft owner to keep them.

(JDupre5762) wrote in message ...
Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep
them all together in an envelope?

Following up on my own answer, see FAR 91.417. 1 year is the answer,
unless the documentation relates to something that has a life-limit
or specific overhaul time.

I'd pitch ones on things that are no longer in your airplane for sure.

Bill Hale A&P

For resale, I would keep the record forever, even if in a separate folder.

Mike

(Bill Hale) wrote in message . com...
(JDupre5762) wrote in message ...
Do the yellow tags have to stay in the logbook or can I neaten up and keep
them all together in an envelope?


Great idea to have a notebook plastic bag to put them in.

You are required to keep the record until the part is replaced or
for 1 year.

If the part was life-limited, it might be a good idea to keep it longer!!

For example... you replace a heat muff. You keep the tag for a year.

I'm looking for the FAR section... not finding it. Bill Hale A&P

Mike Long wrote:

For resale, I would keep the record forever, even if in a separate folder.

Why? Is there some idiot out there that's going to ask for a yellow tag
for a part that isn't on the airplane anymore?