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Absolutely! They have all the motivation in the world to find out anything that keeps them from paying. Eliacim Quoting roger anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was talking to FSDO today and we both agreed that it's not the FAA anymore > > that you really need to worry about. It's your insurance company. After > the accident, they are going to be looking for anything to make it an > uninsured flight. roger > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "roger anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; "Dan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] model 415-CD history > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Having read everybody's comments, I would say that if I were out there > > buying > > a sport compliant Ercoupe, I would consider any piece of paper whatsoever > > (log > > entry, 337) documenting the change away from C or CD, a deal killer. > > > > Sure, some FSDO's would call it sport compliant if the airworthness > > certificate never changed away from C or CD, but other FSDOs would not. > > > > At some point, the inconsistency could cause the FAA to issue a > > clarification, > > which could just accept any documentation in record, as evidence of the > > change. > > > > Again, just my humble opinion, if I were looking for one for myself. > > Everybody > > has a different tolerance for risk... > > > > Eliacim Cortes > > N87071 > > 415-C 1946 > > > > > > > > > > Quoting roger anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > >> advice in this forum.]---- > >> > >> > >> If any aircraft is modified with an STC, and that STC calls for the > >> data > >> plate to be changed to reflect a new model number, then a new > >> airworthiness > >> certificate is needed. If a new airworthiness certificate was not > >> requested > >> however (and it must be requested) , even though the data plate was > >> changed > >> as required, then the FAA would consider that aircraft to be the > >> original > >> model in their records. However, the aircraft would have incorrect > >> paperwork > >> then since data plates and airworthiness certificates must match. Also, > >> aircraft can be changed by STCs that don't change the model number, such > >> as > >> an Aeronca Champ with a "no bounce" gear installed. The Champ remains a > >> 7AC > >> and the 337 may or may not have incresed its gross to 1400 lbs and > >> outside > >> the LSA range. If it was increased although it's still a 7AC, it is no > >> longer and never will be LSA. Same with a Coupe. Regardless of what the > >> airworthiness certificate says, if a 337 was ever submitted after D > >> changes > >> were made and it reflects that the gross weight was increased to 1400 > >> lbs, it > >> is not now or will it ever be LSA. Airworthiness certificates alone > >> don't > >> really mean anything. roger > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Dan Brown > >> Cc: Ctech > >> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:59 AM > >> Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] model 415-CD history > >> > >> > >> ----[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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > ============================================================================== > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
