Electronic Record Keeping Requirements

In plain language

If you keep drone flight or maintenance logs electronically, the files must be saved in a format that cannot be edited after they are saved. If you make a mistake, you must log a new entry that explains and corrects the error rather than editing the original.

Requirement as structured

Electronic records kept under Chapter 10 must be created in a form that is unalterable after creation, and any corrections must be made via a separate electronic record that identifies and corrects the error.

Original regulatory text

In this Chapter: configuration of an RPA mentioned in this Chapter is comprised of the particular RPA’s airframe, engines and motors, and all of the flight control system hardware for the RPA. Note The configuration of an RPA for its unique identification mark does not include propellers, rotors or batteries. medium excluded RPA means an RPA within the meaning of subregulation 101.237 (7) of CASR. Note A medium RPA (that is not an airship) has a gross weight of at least 25 kg but less than 150 kg. operation, for an RPA, means a single flight of the RPA, or a series of similar or related flights of the RPA on the same day. record includes an electronic record but only when: (a) the electronic record is created in a form that makes the record unalterable after the record has been made; and (b) if an erroneous electronic record is created — the correction of the electronic record is in the form of an electronic record which identifies the error and corrects it. small excluded RPA means an RPA within the meaning of subregulation 101.237 (4) of CASR. Note A small RPA has a gross weight of at least 2 kg but less than 25 kg. unique identification mark, for an RPAS for an RPA mentioned in this Chapter, is the number (and letters, if any) that the certified RPA operator or other operator, as the case may be, ascribes to each configuration of the RPA that the particular operator operates.