REFLECTOR: Maintenance

[Reiff Lorenz]

John,

Anyone can do construction, maintenance, and repairs on an experimental aircraft and sign the log books. No qualifications of any kind are required. You can do it, your wife can do it, her friend can help,  the neighbor's kid down the street can sign the logs. Anyone is allowed as far as the FAA is concerned. You may need to notify the FAA using form 337 if the repairs include a major change, but again, anyone can do the major change, sign the logs, and notify the FAA.

Some people may try to quote FAR Part 43.1 (b) but that entire section specifically excludes experimental aircraft.

A repairman's certificate or A&P rating is only required to do the annual condition inspection on an experimental aircraft.

Reiff Lorenz



-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of aminetech at bluefrog.com
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 5:55 PM
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Subject: REFLECTOR: Maintenance

Anyone know if there's a reg that specifically states who can perform maintenance on an experimental?  Also do log book entries require a signature like routine maintenance for certified aircraft?

John
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