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Roy Stubbs wrote:
> The 415-C and C/D models were built
according to
> AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATION NO. A-718,
while the D model
> and higher, including Forney, Alon,
etc., are certificated
> under TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO.
A-787.
> The difference is all in the name of
the document. A-718 is
> not a Type Certificate, A-787 is a
Type Certificate.
>
> According to my A&P/IA the 415-C
and C/D models,
> therefore, were each individually
inspected for airworthiness
> by the FAA rep at the factory because
A-718 is not a Type
> Certificate, only a
Specification. And, that is why each one
> can be a little bit different.
He may
be on to something interesting there. I had been calling both “Aircraft
Specification” and I see I was wrong. In A-787, as reference from my
Coupe web page, it does say, “TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. A-787” as you’re a&P/IA pointed out. My website is now
updated.
Does
anyone else know anything about the ramifications of this difference?
Ed Burkhead
http://edburkhead.com
ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove
"???")
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