Aircraft Blue Book

Ron Wanttaja wrote in
:

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:06:17 GMT, Marty Shapiro
wrote:

In looking through the FAA data base, several of the listed Rallye's
do not have a valid Airworthiness Certificate and some are flagged as
"status in question".

Hmmmm...if that's the FAA Registration Database you're looking at, the
code you're referring to (column 253) refers to the *registration*
status of the aircraft, not the airworthiness of it. The airplane
could be perfectly airworthy, but the owner may not have been keeping
his address up to date with the FAA.

Ron Wanttaja


It could very well be that it refers only to the registration status.

There are two different warnings which I've noticed. Both start with a
warning page stating "This aircraft's registration status may not be
suitable for operation.".

For an aircraft undergoing a change in owner, N302RA for example, the data
page shows the registered owner's name as "SALE REPORTED" and a status of
"In Question". It also shows the date for A/W under "Airworthiness"

For N344RA, the data page shows a status of "Revoked", and the
"Airworthiness" section is blank. I interpreted this to indicate the
aircrft no longer had an airworthiness certificate, but can see where the
"Revoked" refers only to the registration.

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Marty Shapiro
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