You don't say much about your friend or the airplane he (or she) built. A good DAR can tell in about 30 seconds if the airplane he is asked to issue an airworthiness certificate for has been built to reasonable quality standards. Isn't possible that DAR's request was just a PC way of handling a rather "delicate" situation?Long term lurker here asking a question for a friend...
Has anyone ever heard of a DAR requiring an initial sign off of an EAB by an A&P IA before they will do the inspection and issue an airworthiness certificate?
I have never seen this mentioned before....
You don't say much about your friend or the airplane he (or she) built. A good DAR can tell in about 30 seconds if the airplane he is asked to issue an airworthiness certificate for has been built to reasonable quality standards. Isn't possible that DAR's request was just a PC way of handling a rather "delicate" situation?
You don't say much about your friend or the airplane he (or she) built. A good DAR can tell in about 30 seconds if the airplane he is asked to issue an airworthiness certificate for has been built to reasonable quality standards. Isn't possible that DAR's request was just a PC way of handling a rather "delicate" situation?
My experience with AIs for my certified airplanes is that different inspectors tend to focus on different things. It's helpful to have different qualified people looking at the plane simply because it's likely that one will catch something that another might overlook.
For a homebuilt, it's not a reflection on the builder for a DAR to ask that. It's a reasonable thing.
But if the DAR looks at an A&P sign-off and then doesn't examine the plane himself, I'd tell him to look at it himself or I'll get a less lazy one, and explain why.
David
No, it's not reasonable. Requiring an A&P/AI sign-off prior to a DAR inspection is creating regulation where no regulation exists. The rules concerning experimental aircraft airworthiness inspections are clear--requiring this "pre-inspection" is in violation of the rules.
What 'reasonable' rules should the DAR create next? The experimental community has fought several battles with rogue DAR's and much effort has been expended to make sure everyone is playing on a level field.
Well that may be true in some cases but this DAR has never seen this aircraft and most likely has no knowledge of it at all. This question is based on the fact that he required this signoff before looking at two previous aircraft that were showroom quality builds built by mutual friends. It appears to be standard practice for him.
The aircraft in question is not important (although it is a nice one inspected many times by an EAA Technical Counselor), it is more a question of what the true requirements are for inspection.