Ed - I haven't kept up to date on FAA's current attitude about rebuilding an aircraft from a data plate up, so take this with a grain of salt.
What the FAA is really concerned about is bogus parts, and shoddy paperwork, and shoddy physical work. Done right, with every part yellow tagged or otherwise provable as an airworthy part, I believe you can still do it. But before I tried, I'd get your FSDO involved from the outset to make sure it's done legally. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Burkhead Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ety Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Ercoupe data plate on ebay Eliacim asked: > There is a data placard for an Ercoupe being sold, by itself, > at E Bay. (Item number: 190192151366) This may be a > naive question, but I can't imagine what a person could do > with a placard by itself, other than keeping it as a collectible... > Anybody care to enlighten my innocent naive mind? Eliacim, Some people, with (presumably) a bill of sale for the "aircraft," will rebuild an aircraft from parts, affix the data plate, claim that they've repaired the aircraft. Sometimes they sell it with no mention of the damage history. I thought I heard that the FAA was cracking down on that practice. Ed
