I'll be checking out a PA11 soon. I sent for all the aircraft records of this plane via the FAA and got them in a few days ago. Are these all the records that have been filed or can some be missing? I could not find a 337 for fabric recovery, although one of the owners at one time (1989) filed a "triennial aircraft registration report" for "cancellation of registration requested" with the following note: Aircraft being recovered. Current owner doesn't know i have these records yet, but he told me that plane was last recovered about 12 years ago or so. So i'm just wondering why I don't see this anywhere in the records except for the one in 1989.
Also, owner told me engine time was about 300smoh and I'm wondering why I don't see any information in the records about a "new engine" as I'm pretty sure time would be more than that since 1947.
I don't want to tick off the seller by making claims about missing paperwork, etc, so any comments about how detailed the paperwork from the FAA should be?
Also, owner told me engine time was about 300smoh and I'm wondering why I don't see any information in the records about a "new engine" as I'm pretty sure time would be more than that since 1947.
I don't want to tick off the seller by making claims about missing paperwork, etc, so any comments about how detailed the paperwork from the FAA should be?
