Originally Posted by
Vision401
Sam,
I think you are arguing with cross purposes. Your "As Is.." would not prevent a lawsuit that you would have to spend money to defend with or without a POH.
I didn't say liability, I said risk. If you sell an EAB and you sell it with an Airworthiness Cert (not sure if that is what you meant by guarantee of airworthiness), but not a POH to tell them HOW to fly it. You are increasing the risk that the new owner would fly it improperly.
To reduce your liability, don't sell an aircraft with an Airworthiness Cert but As Parts Only, and giving up the registration as well. Of course that may influence the selling price. If you are selling an aircraft with the AC, then having a POH is good practice, if it sells without an AC, the POH wouldn't matter. I think you are fooling yourself if you think that the "As is..." is legal protection if you also sell with the AC and Registration intact. An there is no certainty that selling "parts only" will not get one sued as the lawyers do what they want in chasing the almighty $.