Mike,
Here's what they told me in A&P school.......Estimate the total hours
based on the condition of the ship and start a new log with "original
log books lost, estimated total time = X. Thoroughly inspect the ship
and sign off any repairs that look airworthy to you, re-do any that
don't. Sign off all AD's that can be confirmed where new parts were
installed with "previously complied with". Re-inspect and sign off all
other AD's. Bottom line; the AP/AI is stating the ship is airworthy.
Sailplanes aren't all that tough to do the above. Do a fresh W&B and
test fly wouldn't out of line.
JJ


On Jun 23, 12:45*pm, Mike125 wrote:
*I should already know the answer to this but I don't so here it is -
what do you do if log books for a glider have been lost w/no hope of
recovering them? How can AD compliance be assured w/o doing them all
over again, assuming that a simple visual inspection by a qualified
A&P can't confirm it? What about airframe hours -particularly if
limits could be an issue? Repairs that are obvious (or maybe not), yet
have no documentation? Who would sign off on an annual w/o access to
the maintenance history?

Mike