expired airworthiness certificate
I have a 1957 Experimental Amateur built that the airworthiness certificate expired back in 1966. I have spent 3 years restoring Stitts Flut R Bug and now waiting for the FAA to decide what to do with an expired airworthiness certificate. I have searched the internet and been on several forums and asked everyone that I can contact about what or where I can find the procedure written as to the renewal of the airworthiness certificate. Hundreds of experimental planes had a requirement for annual airworthiness certificate renewal. Sometime this procedure has changed but for some reason there is no written procedure that I can find now. I have the complete log books, the FAA sign offs for testing, all the condition inspection sign offs and letters from the FAA renewing the certificate. The plane has 129 hours on it and has been flight tested by Ray Stitts and released for flight - he even demonstrated the aircraft for the FAA and had many photo shoots. Can anyone provide me with guidance as to what their experience was in renewing an airworthiness certificate? I haven't heard back from the FAA yet - DAR is involved but he doesn't have any procedure to follow but has told me that I will require a "new" test phase? Yes the fuselage was recovered and everything on the plane rebuilt, replaced or carefully inspected - don't know what this has to do with requiring a test sequence since it already flew 129 hours and the 50 hour test phase was signed off by the FAA - maybe a different FAA than what we now have ?? Don't know -
Expired airworthiness certificate
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1600vw
I too had all paper work for my airplane. I was amazed how fast the FAA got back with me after sending in my registration. It seems like it was around 4 or 5 weeks and I was hearing from them. Then it was only a few weeks before it was all straightened out. But if I could not produce the paper work they wanted it was a big deal. But because said paper work was available it was just some paper work.
Keep us posted or this thread up to date as to how this turns out.
Tony
I got word from the DAR that he is now approved by the FAA to inspect my plane. I submitted the paperwork to the FAA on Aug 18th. I just hope that next year it won't be such a hassle? The DAR will be away for the holiday and inspection is scheduled for Sept 13th.