Registration and bill of sale
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:07 pm
Anyone have any insight on this bill of sale issue and defunct kit makers. This rule change came about after the original Wheeler went out of business. I remember some time ago it came up at a FAA forum at Sun-N-Fun but I do not remember the details.
On the FAA site it says, in part, about EAB registration
If more than 50% of your amateur-built aircraft was built from a kit (prefabricated parts), you must also include a kit bill of sale from the kit manufacturer. A regular Aircraft Bill of Sale, AC Form 8050-2 (PDF) is acceptable if the word 'Aircraft' has been marked through and the word 'Kit' entered.
I think it would be hard to argue that I "fabricated" more than 50% of the parts. I will have done more than 51% of the work but not parts fabrication. Maybe by the time I make all the ribs and stuff I dont have I might be close. But then there are parts we got from EDI and others, like Grove, LP areo and such.
Any thoughts?
On the FAA site it says, in part, about EAB registration
If more than 50% of your amateur-built aircraft was built from a kit (prefabricated parts), you must also include a kit bill of sale from the kit manufacturer. A regular Aircraft Bill of Sale, AC Form 8050-2 (PDF) is acceptable if the word 'Aircraft' has been marked through and the word 'Kit' entered.
I think it would be hard to argue that I "fabricated" more than 50% of the parts. I will have done more than 51% of the work but not parts fabrication. Maybe by the time I make all the ribs and stuff I dont have I might be close. But then there are parts we got from EDI and others, like Grove, LP areo and such.
Any thoughts?