Thanks Oscar. Boils me down to one question: If I buy a EAB aircraft that I didnt build (like a KR2) and get my LSRI-A cert, can I do my own annual condition inspections?
On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM Oscar Zuniga via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy, Netters; > > > > Since the list is pretty quiet, I’m going to take up some bandwidth in > order to add a bit of clarification and detail to what John posted about > the forum presentation on recent changes to the repairman certification > under MOSAIC and the ratings and categories that fall under that > certification. > > > > First of all, complete explanatory information on this subject is in a > 67-page FAA document, Advisory Circular 65-32B. You can do a lot of > snooping around on the internet for a deeper dive into other aspects of > this, but for our purposes, this AC says it all and then some. In fact, > only about half the pages in the AC apply to KRs and to us as KR owners, > pilots, and builders. Here’s a link: AC 65-32B > <https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_65-32B.pdf> > . If the link doesn’t make it through our filter, it’s > https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_65-32B.pdf > . Accept no substitutes (such as AC 65-32A, which has been superseded). > > > > Next, recognize that there are various types of aircraft covered under the > rules and described in the AC, but since the Gathering is KR-specific, the > forum will be specific to experimental, amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft that > meet the definition of a Light Sport Aircraft as stipulated in the > modernized “light-sport category” under Part 22. This new category > definition is set to go into force this July 24, 2026 and it eliminates the > strict 1,320-pound weight limit formerly imposed on LSA and other things > that will broaden the definition. Interestingly though, the definition > excludes rockets as an acceptable powerplant for LSAs. Sorry, guys ;o) > > > > We will not discuss balloons, weight-shift trikes, gliders, rotorcraft, or > other categories and classes of aircraft that are also now able to be > considered for repairman certification under MOSAIC. We won’t discuss > S-LSA aircraft, which are factory-built. We won’t discuss certificated > aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers, some of which will meet the new > light-sport category description. We will not discuss the “maintenance” > rating that is available to certified LSA repairmen under MOSAIC since > we’ll be focusing on KRs as personally-owned E-AB aircraft that we can > maintain ourselves anyway. The rating we will discuss is “inspection”, > which will allow us to perform the condition inspections on our own KRs and > make logbook entries of this type: > > + + + + > > July 4,2026 TT250.0 > > I certify that this aircraft has been inspected on [date] in accordance > with the scope and detail of 14 CFR Part 43 Appendix D, and was found to be > in a condition for safe operation. {signed} K.R. Netter, LSRI-A #1234567 > > +++++ > > > > We /may/ discuss the possibility of there now being a lower bar for > someone to jump over to become a KR owner and pilot under these rule > changes since a new entry path exists for a person with Sport Pilot and > LSRI-A certificates and ratings to go out and buy a complete and flying KR > and then operate, maintain, and inspect it without an airman medical of any > class, with only 20 hours of flight experience, without having built any > part of the airplane at all, and without an A&P certificate. However, as > with all things: “just because you /can/ do it doesn’t mean you /should/!” > We may take that discussion outdoors with some refreshments though. > > > > Oscar Zuniga > > Medford, OR > > KR 1.5 N335KC “Sunbeam”, in restoration > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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