Craig, It's worth noting that getting a registration is dealing with the registry branch in Oklahoma City. Yes, they are hopelessly behind. I am also waiting for a new registration on an aircraft, but that's not much of a concern as they will keep extending the validity of the temporary registration until the real one comes through.
However, your airworthiness and operating limitations are issued by the local FSDO. One branch has little to do with the other. I've usually found the Airworthiness Inspectors I've dealt with at FSDO to be responsive to my needs and would expedite paperwork for me if I had a compelling reason for them to do so. A phone call to your FSDO to talk to an airworthiness inspector and telling him you are trying to get the plane ready to fly to Oshkosh for a 50 year anniversary display will often times motivate those guys to bend over backwards to help. I had the airworthiness and operating limitations blow out of my SuperCub while airborne one day. I told the local FSDO inspector I was slated to fly Young Eagles in it two days later when I called to discuss replacement. They had me email them a statement about losing the paperwork and why it could not be located, then faxed me a letter I could use that day until the proper paperwork showed up in the mail the following day. The Local FSDO can and will help you if they have time and it is within their capability. I've had it happen several times. Don't paint all the FAA with the same broad brush. They can be very helpful if you give them a chance. As for the phase 1 test time, they almost always assign a 5 hour test period following a major alteration, but that is subject to the airworthiness inspector. Properly documented and a copy sent to them with photographs for them to inspect, they usually skip the in person inspection and just assign the fly off time. -Jeff Scott Arkansas Ozarks > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 5:37 PM > From: "Craig Williams" <cr...@kr2seafury.com> > To: krnet@list.krnet.org > Subject: Re: KRnet> Dealing with the FAA on rebuild > > And that is why I am keeping the old N number for now. I first did not want > to muddy the waters with the FAA stuff and my AW cert. Second I can put the > new N number on later. > > N886MJ(N51CW) > > > > On 07/12/2022 2:27 PM Bill Page via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > > > > Good luck. I applied for registration on new homebuilt. Applied in early > > Feb. They are working on mid January at this date. I don't plan to get it > > anytime soon. Took my son 14 months and 3 applications. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 7:42 AM Craig Williams <cr...@kr2seafury.com> wrote: > > > So far so good. Looks like the gear change is their primary interest. So > > > the FSDO called this week and gave me the roadmap for flying again. I > > > will have to submit new application for airworthiness and submit new W&B > > > and Cond inspection. Then they want to come see the plane. After that if > > > all is good they will issue a new AW cert and operating limitations and I > > > can fly whatever phase 1 time they are going to require. Obviously not > > > going to have the plane at OSH but I will fly into the Gathering in Sept. > > > > > > Craig > > > N886MJ (N51CW) -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
