wrote:
Two answers he
1 ) If the owner rebuilt (or claims to) the airplane and he brings in
the airplane for an annual and the annual passes, the owner has a legal
airplane. It's not up to the IA to determine the previous history of the
data plate.

Doesn't an A&P have to sign off on ALL the work done on a certified
airframe (with glaringly few exceptions)? This would mean documenting
how the repairs came to be, right?

Dave