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Just a reminder to anyone selling or purchasing an aircraft . Dont make the same dumb mistake I did and assume you as the SELLER do not have to send a copy of the registration to the FAA . The world wont come to an end if you dont register your copy as long as the BUYER registers HIS copy in a timely manner . In my case the buyer failed to register the plane for 7 months and in fact was in the process of transferring ownership to another party . Meantime of course the FAA still thinks I am the owner !!! Fortunately I was monitoring the planes status on the FAA N# web site , grew concerned , called the FAA and ended up sending in a copy of the Bill of Sale to them. Keep in mind that unless that ownership status gets changed on that FAA registration page any incidents the plane may encounter concerning reports of its N # is probabily going to come back to haunt you So if you have sold a plane lately and have doubts , check the FAA registration site and if your a BUYER please think about the possible problems it might cause the seller if you dont register it in a timely fashion.
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Kent KLEW

Kent,
You should have just gone over and taken YOUR plane back
and thanked them for finding the problem and fixing it for you.

MMMMMMM never thought of that Ron

Another thought, I had filled out the registration for my 152 and then decided to add my wife as co-owner .. the only room on the form was above my name, so I wrote her name in there. Well, the FAA treats the first name as the primary owner, or at least they only use the first name on correspondence, so everything from the FAA and the resulting junk mail always came to my wife as the airplane owner! She wasn't amused.

Terry

Terry:
And thats another reason to get it registered ( or get your name off the registration )As hard as it is for me to believe , its not altogether uncommon for people to be shown as the owner of an aircraft they sold years ago !!! That of course begs the question : Why would a buyer who intends to operate the aircraft not want to register it for his peace of mind as well as the previous owners .It prevents the former owner from recieving aircraft related Mail or worse , reports from the FAA on possible violations and allows the new owner to recieve important AD's etc etc


Kent KLEW

You said the current owner (your buyer) is already in the process of transferring ownership to someone else. He might be a shady/unlicensed aircraft broker who doesn't want to pay taxes/insurance while the plane is waiting to be sold. Some small-time used-car dealers operate like that.

There's a dogged-down Pa-28 on the ramp at Creve Coeur - been there for years. A registration check shows owner as a company in Delaware that's been belly-up for at least ten years.

What a waste.

There was a Cessna 172 sitting on the ramp at 4J6 in St. Marys for several years. The tie down fee was paid annually and it was seldom flown. After the payment was missed one year, some basic research found that the Delaware registered company that owned it had gone out of buisness. More research with the FAA found that a Bank had a piece of paper on the aircraft but did not know where it was located and after several years had written it off the books. A bit of negotiating and the 172 was bought for a very very very low price and with a clear title.