Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

[VictorBravo]

Re: Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

since he has no credentials in NDT he is not going to sign my log book

Ask your IA the following questions:

1) Is he willing to sign off the logbooks that the airplane is airworthy, even though he does not have credentials as an aircraft designer?

2) Is he willing to sign off the logs that your engine is in good working order without being a metallurgist?

3) When he gets rebuilt cylinders or crankshafts back from an engine shop and sees the yellow tag, does he still refuse to put the engine back on the airplane because he is not qualified to do the NDT on those parts?

I understand that IA's are frightened these days. I do not envy an average IA trying to make a living and protect his assets. But an IA is in the business of signing off things, and many of those things are parts that have been certified and NDT's by other people.

Tell him that he can sign off the logs that the struts were re-installed properly, and that his determinatino of returning the aircraft to service is based on the yellow tag issued by XYZ NDT shop.

Or get another IA who is not as timid.

[astjp2]

Re: Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

Its short and simple, if you have an approved repair facility NDI the struts, they can sign off the inspection in the airframe log. Or if you have a Work Order from said facility, you can include it with the log book and if your a&p is worth a shit, they will sign it off and refer to the W.O. for the log book entry. I have and would again. Tim

[gilligansae]

Re: Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

I think the issue here is that the NDT facility is NOT a repair station. They used to be but are no longer because they do so little aviation work these days (they are in Buffalo, NY) and most aviation related business in Buffalo has long since gone.

My IA says they should just get the paperwork in order to be a repair station- but the NDT facility owner says he wants no part of that.

A bit of a quandry- a guy who can do X-ray, Ultrasound and is willing to submit a report on his findings and an IA who is a bit afraid of being liable for the signoff.

[cpirrmann]

Re: Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

The trend seems, as predicted, it's the bureaucrats and attorneys that will ground us, not our planes. Anyone read Atlas Shrugged?

[N96337]

Re: Will your A&P sign off your strut AD?

Sounds to me like you need to find a new IA. This guy doesn't sound like he's willing to put his signature on anything, and is wasting your time and money!
JH