Obtaining Repairman's Certificate

[olympiashorts]

I meet the basic requirements for the Repairman's Certificate as I did 51% of the build of my experimental. I have the documents and photos to support this. I'm about to submit the application to my FSDO but wondered what kind of questions the inspector asks regarding this requirement: "Show to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the individual has the requisite skill to determine whether the aircraft is in a condition for safe operations".

[melann]

Typically this interview is pretty straight forward. Show him/her a checklist that you will use to perform the condition inspection. If you have shown adequate proof that you built the airplane, you should have no problem at all.

[olympiashorts]

Thanks for that. My Aircraft Maintenance Manual does not specify items for a Condition Inspection but does have a sample inspection form that includes intervals of 100hrs and "special" intervals. I'm presuming that the 100 hr items include everything that is required for a "condition inspection"?

[melann]

That is correct.

[Dale Andee]

What he said ...

When I received mine I took my laptop with my builder's log on it and a copy for them to keep if they so desired. We sat at a table and they went through my build log and asked questions about certain stages of the build. As said above, if you built it they will know that pretty quickly. It really wasn't a big deal at all ...

Dale
3.0 Corvair/Tailwheel/Sonex

[rwanttaja]

I've got a strawman Fly Baby POH at:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/POH.pdf

Last section includes a Condition Inspection checklist. You're welcome to copy and update it.

Ron Wanttaja

[Sam Buchanan]

I meet the basic requirements for the Repairman's Certificate as I did 51% of the build of my experimental. I have the documents and photos to support this. I'm about to submit the application to my FSDO but wondered what kind of questions the inspector asks regarding this requirement: "Show to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the individual has the requisite skill to determine whether the aircraft is in a condition for safe operations".

Just for clarification, whether or not you individually completed 51% of the construction does not determine whether or not you may receive the Repairman's Certificate for your aircraft. The only time 51% enters the registration cycle is in determining if the majority of the aircraft construction was accomplished by amateur (non-professional, unpaid) builders. I noticed in a different thread you used a builder assist program, things get a little fuzzy sometimes with those programs in regard to the 51% amateur build rule but if the FAA has signed off on the program....whatever.

As long as you are a builder of the aircraft (might even be one of the members of an amateur group build or last of a succession of builders) and can demonstrate to the FAA inspector that you have sufficient knowledge to accomplish the Condition Inspection you should qualify for the Repairman's Certificate. Only one certificate can be issued per aircraft regardless of how many builders were involved in the construction.