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I just had an IA re-assemble a Citabria for me after being apart for 10 years to get a re-cover done. He didn't do a 337, just a log book entry. I guess it's all in what one thinks constitutes "Major". Dick in NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Wilkens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] When is an alteration or repair become major enough to require a 337? > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > Question for the AP guys > > At what point does an alteration or repair become major enough to require > a 337? > > The question comes about because; I pulled some old wiring and antennas > off 904 and had the local shop patch the skin. (There was no paper work > on the radio or antennas I removed.) They tell me a log book entry is > enough. They also repaired the line of rivets where the fuselage meets > the right wing walk (it had a blister in the sheet metal, but no > corrosion). They placed a backer under the wing walk and replaced the > rivets. The blister left a scar if you look hard enough, but a least I > know it is airworthy. They also tell me that a log book entry is enough > for this too. > > I don't really care, I just don't want an AP or an AI ten years from now > telling me a 337 should have been filed. What they are telling me would > be in line with other log book entries that do not to have 337s. For > example I have one date in 1956 that says "Aircraft was disassembled and > reassemble" and there is no 337 on it. > > Richard > N99904 > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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