Aircraft Registration

I suspect that AMA is short for "Amateur Built", which is not likely to
be accurate for your ASW-19 but I think most "Experimentals" are
assumed to be Amateur built so they seem to get grouped together. Not
sure if what the legal ramifications are, but this seems to be common
for many gliders registered as EXPR.

Chris



jcarlyle wrote:
In the FAA aircraft registration listing on the web there is a section
called Airworthiness. In this section my ASW-19B is listed as having an
Engine Manufacturer of AMA/EXPR and an Engine Model of UNKNOWN ENG.
Three questions about this:

1. EXPR must mean experimental, but what does AMA mean? (There is no
hint in the Definitions menu item for this web site.)

2. I don't think the ASW-19 was ever offered with an engine, so why is
there any listing at all in these two spaces? (I have seen other FAA
glider registrations for ASW-19Bs with NONE in both these areas.)

3. Should I bother to get this changed (does it mean anything, say to
an insurance company) or should I just let sleeping dogs lie?

-John