Diamond goal flight rejected due to typo

On Jun 10, 10:08*am, Scott Alexander
wrote:
I received an email stating that my diamond goal flight has been
rejected due to a typo on my igc declaration. *Despite the fact that
the security was good, all turnpoints rounded ok, and everything else
good, it's still rejected.

On the IGC declaration where it says "registered ID" *I typed in "SA"
because that is my paid-for registered contest ID. *Apparently I
should have typed in "N-2429". *So because of this, the flight doesn't
count.

I was also informed that on page 53 of the March 2010 Soaring
magazine, it says (in 8 point font) that you can no longer use your
register contest ID. *This really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to
me. *The glider type is in question, not the security, date or name
even though it's not a handicapped claim! *I only own one aircraft,
which can be easily verified through the FAA aircraft registry.

So now I am merely trying to figure out the best way to solve this
claim.

Does anyone have any suggestions of who I might contact to help get
this claim to pass? *I would really like to say I did a diamond flight
but unfortunately because of this new rule, I can't say I did a
diamond flight.

Welcome to my world. I went through this a year ago. Same issue.

There is no logic to this. The N number of your glider is easily
verified by the OO, listed on the application over the OO's sig.
Simple. But because in the photo doc days the N number was on the
declaration and this had to be photographed before the flight, the igc
says that the e-declaration must contain the same info. Never mind
that many igc approved flight recorders do not specifically ask you
for this. My C-302, for instance, prompts one for the "competition
ID". And in competition, this is what the scorer wants in that field
(I've asked).

There are many in the SSA that would like to see this sorted out. The
obvious place to go is the badge and record committee chairman, who
(ahem) is probably reading this and cringing (sorry). Judy, as you
have already guessed, takes the other side of the debate.

I did eventually get my 500K approved. I had to be a bit of a pain in
the ass to see this happen, the word was that with the rules revision,
no further exceptions would be allowed.

It does take a lot of the fun out of it, doesn't it?

Good luck.

Evan Ludeman / T8