Quote Originally Posted by turtle View Post
CAR 507.03(6)(c) Remember, putting it into O-M is a Canadian thing. It "becomes" a different model. Trucking it back over the border doesn't change it back.

Even the Canadian owner can't change it back with out the overhauls. CAR 507.02(3)(a) Has to be done by an approved shop too - no field overhauls.

Realistically, a helpful person at FAA can look at the regs and what happened and try to reverse the dataplate issue. Problem is, the FAA wants nothing to do with O-M planes and wish they didn't exist. As well, when was the last time anyone was helpful at the FAA?
I will give you part that you can't fly it down here to get it imported, the rule changed in 2009, but the OM canada thing started in 2002, and many did fly in the US airspace until 2009.

You keep quoting the Canadian regs, when in reality we would be making the aircraft airworthy under the US FARs. and the X behind the S/N means nothing here.

And to further confuse things, who declares airworthiness during the import process? the A&P-IA doing the required annual inspection or the FAA ASI or DER who actually writes out the AWC?

and about the data tag issue for the engine, the engine is not required to have a data to be airworthy.