Technically he can't ground the plane, but practically speaking he does. The
airplane is unairworthy if there are discrepancies. If the owner is made aware
of the discrepancies, and then flies the airplane he can easily be violated for
flying an aircraft that he knows to be unairworthy. Unless you have an
independent A&P available where the aircraft is, you are captive to the IA once
he starts the inspection.

Martin Kosina wrote:

One can also always use a different IA and A&P to remove the conflict
of interest. The IA cannot really "ground" the airplane, only perform
an inspection and make a log entry to that effect ("...list of
discrepancies given to owner", etc.), nothing more. You can then have
an A&P (or yourself, under supervision) correct the discrepancies to
return the aircraft to service.

Martin

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