Temporary maintenance records must be retained for how long, unless repeated or superseded?

• A. for six months
• B. for one year or until repeated or superseded
• C. for two years
• D. for the life of the aircraft

Answer: (B)

Temporary maintenance records cover short-term work that doesn’t become part of the permanent maintenance file until future actions occur. They’re kept for a limited time to preserve traceability without cluttering the full record. The required retention is one year after the maintenance is completed, unless the work is repeated or superseded by later action—the retention ends when that subsequent work is completed. This ensures you have a record of the temporary action while it lasts, but you don’t carry outdated temporary entries indefinitely. Six months is too short for reliable traceability, two years is longer than necessary, and keeping them for the life of the aircraft isn’t appropriate for temporary entries.