Federal Aviation Regulation
Part 47 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION Subpart B--Certificates of Aircraft Registration Sec. 47.33Aircraft not previously registered anywhere………………….(d) The owner, other than the holder of the type certificate, of an aircraft that he assembles from parts to conform to the approved type design, must describe the aircraft and engine in the manner required by paragraph (c) of this section, and also submit evidence of ownership satisfactory to the Administrator, such as bills of sale, for all major components of the aircraft. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:45:59 -0500Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Ercoupe data plate on ebay 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 BurkheadSent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:06 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; etySubject: 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," willrebuild an aircraft from parts, affix the data plate, claim that they'verepaired the aircraft. Sometimes they sell it with no mention of the damage history. I thought Iheard that the FAA was cracking down on that practice.Ed _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan
