cdeerinck
Well Known Member
From the Mothership...
"When registering your plane with the FAA, please retain the serial number assigned by Van?s Aircraft to your RV project. With over 10,000 RV?s in the sky, replacing an assigned number with an original number may be a nice touch, however, down the road, it is not practical. Scenario: plane is registered with an ?original? serial number. Plane changes hands, Van?s isn?t notified, and someone changes the tail number. Now there is no way to track down the original account. In essence, this means that if a service bulletin is issued regarding some parts intrinsic to that plane, the current owner will not receive the notice. I know the EAA has information to the contrary, but with over 10,000 flying RV?s, it is a matter of safety that Van?s has the ability to contact all RV owners should it become necessary.
I have a QB kit, and the fuselage had a serial number on it (4 digit). Is that the serial number, or is our builder's number (5 digit) the serial number?