Yes, you may as long as you change your operating limitations to allow it. Adam Deem
On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM Kayak via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Accept no substitutes (such as AC 65-32A, which has been superseded).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 >> > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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