At 05:06 PM 5/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On the Ellison site there was a link to an "Interesting court decision
>about homebuilt aircraft which may affect your insurance coverage." The
>gist of this decision was that the builders insurance claim was denied
>because the builder made a modification to his homebuilt after the FAA
>certified the plane and failed to notify the FAA of the change.
>
>This surprised me. I was under the impression that when I get my
>Repairman's Certificate I am free to make modifications to my homebuilt
>without recertifying the plane.
This sounds to me like more of the kind of insurance crap we have to deal
with in aviation. The idea that, even though I have a private pilot's
license and a fresh BFR, I have to go up AGAIN with another instructor who
happens to work for the company I'm renting from, just so their insurance
company can be assured that I know how to fly, is really burdensome.
So, probably that insurance company has a clause that, even though you have
been issued a repairman's certificate, and you designed the plane, and the
FAA has no concept of whether it will fly or not, if the FAA hasn't
"certified" the mod, they won't cover it FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES.
Dave Morris
Soon to be N55UP
PPSEL, Dragonfly, CAF, EAA
Dragonfly pictures, info, and links at:
http://www.davemorris.com/dave/dfly.html
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