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I've read lots of stories about it and if finally happened to me, I had
my first ramp check. I flew into South Haven, MI (LWA) today to get fuel, it's self serve, and as I was fueling two men wearing ID's around their necks and holding clipboards approached my plane. I couldn't read what their ID's said, but I thought to myself they may be FAA guys. They both stood by the pump and didn't interupt me while I was fueling. As soon as I finished pumping they introduced themselves and said "we're with the FAA, from the Grand Rapids FSDO". The first thing they asked is if I was Part 91 and where I flew in from and where I was going next and why I flew into South Haven. I said to get fuel. Next they wanted to see my license, medical, registration, and airworthyness certificate. I gave them all the documents. They asked when the last annual on the plane was and where it was done, I told them and they wrote that information down. They asked if I had a GPS and if it was IFR or VFR, I said VFR and they didn't ask any further questions about that. They also looked at the dataplate on the plane. They asked how many hours I had and then just some small talk for about 10 mins. They asked at least two or three times about where I was flying to next. I think they were mainly checking to see if I was flying Part 135 or doing an illegal charter. The weather was 5 miles vis. and clear, but very hazy. They did ask if I knew if the weather was going to get any better. I suppose they were checking to see if I had checked the weather. They were both very nice and the whole thing was pretty painless. |
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