The FAA CD came in yesterday. It did not have anything in there that corroborated the "plane rebuilt" entry from 1980. As a matter of fact it did not show that any major repairs had occurred. Only a few 337's from the early years related to minor repairs or alterations. I wonder if maybe no one actually watches this stuff very closly. Who assures that the records are properly filed? Who's reponsibility is it that it is done, the owner or mechanic?
One thing is certian. The log books mention a major repair and the plane shows it by the dissimilar colored ribs. Without any documentation to support who, what, when and by whom the repairs were done, is this a legitamite potential problem or not? Am I making to much of this?
Apparently this plane has made it this long and it has always made annual and is still flying around regularly without someone, FAA or otherwise, making an issue of it.
Is there really a potential problem here for an uninformed owner or not? What are the real pitfalls or potential problems?
By the way, the current owner told me he was only the 3rd person to ever own this plane. The CD shows each and every time it changed hands and he is actually the 11th owner. I guess you never really know unless you get the CD. It was interesting to see where and when this plane changed hands and the different states it has called home all these years. It even showed when this plane had been mortgaged and that it had once been repossed by a bank and then resold by them to pay off the note.
