Dan,
Be really, really careful here. I understand that owner maintenance
airplanes can NEVER be accepted as airworthy in the US by the FAA, and
even planes that have been maintained by certified mechanics have huge
paperwork issues. I've got two buddies who did import their planes (a
PA-12 and a Luscombe) from Canada, and found that the Canadians are not
required to keep their paperwork records for more than a year, so each
of their planes sat at their US mechanic's shops for over a year while
everything was researched and refiled to comply with our regs. Every
modification, all AD's, everything had to be done over again.
Syd
agilterv wrote:
I am really interested in an Ercoupe for sale in Canada. AOPA and FAA
make it sound like no
big deal; but I don't want to get burned. I would send a knowledgeable
person to do a pre-
buy; but thought I would see if anyone out there in this group has any
pearls of wisdom.
Thanks,
Dan
