Originally Posted by
cub builder
The biggest issue with the old Operating Limitations like you have, and like I have on my first plane (1996) is that the operating limitations spell out the test area for phase 1 testing in the operating limitations rather than referencing a document or approval by the local FSDO. Under such, if you were to move to another part of the country, then make a modification to your aircraft that requires phase 1 testing for some specified period of time, legally, you would have to transport your aircraft back to where you originally performed the phase 1 testing as spelled out in your Operating Limitations. Under the newer OL, it allows the local FSDO to assign a new phase 1 test area without issuing you new OL paperwork. When I discussed this with the local FSDO in the past, they wanted me to send them my OL and said they would have a new OL sent out to me within 2 weeks. I would have been on board if I could walk in and exchange papers, but I wasn't willing to ground my plane for 2 weeks to make the change, so retained my old OL. Some day in the future, I plan to relocate, so will need to make the change.
-Cub Builder