Unregistered Australian Aircraft
Dear fellow LAME’s,
A few days ago I was made aware of what appears to me to be a potentially serious situation.
As you would all be aware Australian aircraft must be registered under new rules. The following is a cut and paste from CASA web site.
Registrations cancelled by CASA (other than by request)
The registrations of the aircraft shown in the list below have been cancelled by CASA since 1 May 2006.Note that the aircraft’s certificate of airworthiness is no longer valid and the aircraft must not be flown. Flying an unregistered aircraft is an act punishable by law with up 2 years of imprisonment. It will be necessary to apply for a new registration should you intend to return the aircraft to the register at a later date.
Please note: Aircraft included in this list may have subsequently been re-registered under CASR Part 47.If you require any further information regarding an aircraft in the list you should contact the Aircraft Data Section of the Australian Civil Aircraft Register:
Please note: Aircraft included in this list may have subsequently been re-registered under CASR Part 47.If you require any further information regarding an aircraft in the list you should contact the Aircraft Data Section of the Australian Civil Aircraft Register:
Now what concerns me is “How many LAME’s out there actually check that the aircraft they are asked to perform maintenance on is still legally registered?”.
I have carried out a few 100 hourly’s (Call them what you will) in my time, but I can never, other than during an initial CoA inspection, recall viewing the CoR or CoA.
Just remember this, if its not registered then its CoA is not valid, it must be reissued. Indeed even if it is registered after the drop dead date of 1st May 2006 its CoA is still invalid. And of course a non-valid CoA will negate the issued Maitenance Release and any insurance cover.
Now take a look at the VERY LONG list of deregistered aircraft on CASA web site on the same page as above. Do you recognise any REGOs there. There are over 400 and they are not all amateur built types either. Sure there are a few (Very few) that are due to being BER.
You might like to pass this message onto to your mates in the industry. If it stops just one of them issuing a fresh MR when they shouldn’t its been worth it.