Aircraft Registration

Recently, us owners of Schleicher ASH 26 E motorgliders discovered we
were all listed as single engine airplanes! Definitely a glitch that
occurred in the last year, as best I can tell, because my registration
info used to be correct. Anyway, a couple of us sent emails to the
contact listed on the FAA registration page, and 2-3 weeks later, the
error was corrected for all of them. No forms had to be filled out,
perhaps because it was generic problem for the 26, not a specific
glider's problem.

The manufacturer is still listed in varying forms, but I think Jim's
explanation probably applies to our situation as well. I don't worry
about that, but being listed as an airplane could lead to problems. So,
everyone with a US registered aircraft, check it out!

jcarlyle wrote:
Thanks for the replies, Chris and Jim. For the record, my Schleicher
ASW-19B is Type Certificated. It's disconcerting that the FAA
officially documents it as having an amateur built, experimental
engine, because there is no STC! I once worked for a huge US
bureaucracy that believed their paperwork rather than their victim's
lyin' eyes, so I have visions of undergoing the mother of all ramp
checks someday! Jim, can I have a contact number? grin

Seriously, Jim, is there no way of getting these engine entries
changed? I checked a couple of ASW-19 registrations; it was split 50/50
between NONE in Engine Manufacturer and Engine Model, and AMA/EXPR and
UNKNOWN ENG like I have. Some were registered correctly years before
mine, and others correctly within a few months of mine. It almost seems
like a typo, which should be easily correctable (he said naively). Like
I said, I'm worried about undergoing the mother of all ramp checks...

On the other subject, I did check the status of my registration - it
says "valid". I agree with Jim, this is something that all US owners
should check out. AOPA has been putting out bulletins on this, too, so
it's clearly an area of active concern to the FAA, meaning that people
should take it seriously.

-John



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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

All US registered aircraft have a Mode S code, it is also written on
your registration card. If you ever install a Mode S transponder; ATC
will know who you are, what you're flying, your N number, your
political affiliation, left-handed or right-handed, IFR equipped and if
you've made any international telephone calls to Osama - without you
telling ATC over the VHF. ;-)

Gotta go put the landing gear back in the Nimbus and stop all this
humorous typing.

Jim