"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in message
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"Dale Scroggins" wrote in message
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"Michael Horowitz" wrote in message
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I'm planning on dissassembling my A-65 and sending the parts out for
inspection and repair/replacement.
I would really like to assemble the engine.
I understand an A&P needs to inspect as I go along.
Can anyone describe at what points I would need to bring the engine to
my A&P for his approval and what would he do? - Mike

Since this is a usenet group for those building their own aircraft, I
assume the engine is going to be installed on a homebuilt. Why do you
need an A&P at all?

OOPS. I forgot I was in homebuilt...

You can do anything you want if you are building the airplane. If you
bought it used and need an A&P to sign off on a annual conditional
inspection, well, good luck.

My advice to the A&P, regardless of the kind of aircraft the engine is
going on, is to demand signed releases of liability from your prospective
widow, orphans, or other potentially bereaved relatives, or to charge you
enough for his services to make it worth the risk. Tell him this advice
comes from a retired lawyer with personal knowledge of similar
situations.

That sort of thing is really worth more than the paper it is printed on?

Releases are worthless if signed by the person likely to be flying the
plane; his release, if he signs one, doesn't bind his widow or other heirs.
The OP isn't likely to get releases from everyone who could bring claims
against the A&P. I offered the advice knowing that, to give both the OP and
A&P pause.

If the A&P makes a logbook entry for the work of a non-certificated owner,
he will often find that his entry is the last entry the plaintiff's lawyer
will find in the book. The non-certificated owner will continue to do
maintenance, modification, tweaking, and experimenting on the engine, but
will not make a logbook entry. The next entry, if there is one, will be the
next annual or condition inspection. Up until then, the A&P is on the hook
for the reassembly of the engine and everything the owner does afterwards.