true... but the documentation needs to keep up with the airframe..
same SerNum, Same N# and FAA records said it was a total
nothing in his "CD" that shows any work done to resurrect the aircraft.

There was the same problem with a CAP L-23.
Damaged in a wind storm in Texas, taken to a military Depot in Amarillo and
left there.
Registration turned in to FAA as "damaged beyond repair".

Then it gets resurrected, parts rebuilt, and starts flying, without a valid
certificate of airworthiness, it was recorded in the FAA records as
destroyed aircraft, and the N number was "cancelled", luckily it was not
reissued to another aircraft. It took nearly a year for the CAP lawyers to
figure it out and get everything back in proper record with the FAA before
the CAP could legally fly it again.

BT

"Newps" wrote in message
. ..
It's a Taylorcraft. It was wrecked and somebody built a new one. With a
tube and fabric airplane this is normal. All you need out of the wreck is
the data plate. Everything else can be bought new.



Michael Horowitz wrote:
I'm reading the FAA CD for a Tcraft.
I see in '90 that it sustained substantial damage, was deregistered as
'totally distroyed', then sold.
Apparently someone resurrected it, because it was sold several years
later using the same N number and it's currently flying in Florida.
The CD (BTW) doesn't show any of what must have been major major work
performing this resurrection (my only reference is the CD; I haven't
seen the logs yet)

There doesn't seem to be the audit trail I'd like; I see a stream of
ownership, but although there is a document saying 'please deregister
this aircraft' there is nothing saying 'pick me back up'.

Should I be concerned? - Mike