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In addition to the changes listed in TCDS A-787 and A-718, there is also Ercoupe Information Letter N0.1 dated Jan. 1,1956. This states that after all necessary work has been completed and changes made, an FAA inspector must inspect the aircraft. Unless this has been complied with and a new airworthiness certificate issued, the conversion was not done correctly. Therefore any aircraft operating at increased gross weights are doing so illegally. Simply because part of the process was completed does not mean that the changes were approved. If you have an aircraft with a data plate that does not match you airworthiness certificate you are in violation. I have been told by my FSDO that a model change can not be made without an inspector physically inspecting the aircraft and verifying the changes have been made, at which time an airworthiness certificate would be issued. Until both 337 and airwothiness cert. have been complied with the aircraft can not be legally operated at the increased gross weight. Therefore if the entire conversion process was not completed the aircraft can not be considered to have been operated outside of its original weight.
~Jeff Fallon
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----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- If the 337 was recorded and is on file with the FAA - as in this case - it will not be LSA eligible since it is considered to have been upgraded to the higher gross weight of the 415D. TCDS A-787 applies even though it's still listed as a 415C on the AW Cert. Tom Graziano A&P, I.A. > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > >> >> >> Ed Burkhart Wrote: >> > Aircraft Specification A-787 explicitly allows all the postwar 415-C and > 415-CD models to be converted to 415-D and be allowed the 1400 lb. gross > weight limit. Many have been converted but whether they were done > "officially" is open to debate since many of these never got a new > airworthiness certificate. > > > The FAA CD has an approved 337 dated 6/4/77 that states "Up graded A/C > N-93932 Ercoupe 415C to 415D model by authority of Skyport Aircoupe > Service & Ercoupe Service Memorandum SMK-1, SMK48, SMK46 & SMK-3XX" > > The latest (7/17/56) Airworthiness Certificate in the file has the ship > listed as a 415-C. So it appears that there was not a new airworthiness > certificate issued after the modification. > > Where does that leave an pilot who needs to operate the ship as a LSA? > The C model is OK, but the D has a gross weight that puts it outside the > LSA limits. > > Dan Brown > Annapolis, MD > > > > > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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