mtv wrote:..A 100 hour inspection can be done at any time......no requirement to actually have flown 100 hours. If you prefer to have incorrect entries in your logbooks, so be it......you get what you pay for. MTV

hotrod180 wrote:

mtv wrote:..A 100 hour inspection can be done at any time......no requirement to actually have flown 100 hours. If you prefer to have incorrect entries in your logbooks, so be it......you get what you pay for. MTV

I agree that you can do a hundred-hour inspection any time.
But please cite me the reg or AC that says an annual inspection signoff in the engine or prop book is "incorrect".
Like I said, several different IA's have endorsed my engine & prop logs for an "annual inspection".
Generally speaking, an annual inspection is more stringent than a hundred hour--
and a hunded hour can be signed off by an A&P, an IA is required for an annual.
And like I also said, one IA I know says no signoff in the engine book is required--
the airframe logbook "annual inspection" endorsement covers it all.
I'm not necessarily agreeing with him....
just pointing out that there's lots of different interpretations of the regs.

A1Skinner wrote:[
It's amazing how bent a prop can be and the flange still dial straight. A quick LPI of the flange may be prudent to ensure theres no cracks.

hardtailjohn wrote:

A1Skinner wrote:[
It's amazing how bent a prop can be and the flange still dial straight. A quick LPI of the flange may be prudent to ensure theres no cracks.

And it's even more amazing to me when one is hardly dinged and a crack is found. Seen it both ways quite a few times. I like to err on the side of caution when it's engine internals.
John

hotrod180 wrote:IMHO altering an a/w certificate is just asking for trouble. Im not even sure its "legal" to laminate one, crazy as that sounds, although i know folks whove done it.

Tom wrote:I’ve been dealing with my local FSDO, it’s like pulling teeth to get them to sign a field approval when I have three recently previously approved. They are “too busy and under staffed”. I feel like they wouldn’t give two shits. But that’s my local FSDO.

Intercostel wrote:It’s not just you, it’s that same here in these parts. I was all to happy to send back my IA card years ago when I had to schedule an appointment and get buzzed in the FSDO building.

hotrod180 wrote:

Intercostel wrote:It’s not just you, it’s that same here in these parts. I was all to happy to send back my IA card years ago when I had to schedule an appointment and get buzzed in the FSDO building.

I had to go to the Seattle FSDO not long ago.
First of all, inspite of there being about 300 FAA employees in their new, 82,000 sq ft building,
don't think you're gonna get anyone to answer the phone when you call to make an appointment--
it's leave a voice mail & wait for them to call you back (when you can't answer).
Then when you drive there (2 hours each way for me), you'll find a huge, totally fenced parking lot.
You'll eventually find the single gate, complete with armed guard.
There's an airport-style metal-detector in lobby, along with 3 armed guards.
Try #1-- take your pocketknife back to to your car, parked a 1/4 mile away.
Try #2- get theu the detector, & sign in, then wait downstairs for FAA guy to come downstairs to get you.
Then do your business right there because "if you come up to the office, we have to have someone assigned to watch you".
Then wait while he goes unpstairs to complete your paperwork....
squeezing your legs together because you forgot to ask him to escort you to the restroom.
Then the 2 hour drive back home.
Grrrr...
Can you tell I didn't enjoy it much?

WWhunter wrote:That is exactly why myself and a few others are getting away from the certified aircraft and wanting to go experimental!! Having had to deal with government crap since the late 70's, I am getting to old to deal with the bulsh!t! Life is way too short to deal with power hungry idiots.