Current FAA Registration Intell…..

[rvbuilder2002]

I agree that this has always been true in the past Scott - but as of the beginning of this year, that changed and mine took five months…for something that used to take a week! All is not well in OKC right now….

I was responding to the comments related to the loooong delay in registration transfers being processed.

I agree things are messed up for new registrations.
I have no idea what has happened, but whatever it is, it should not be hard to fix since it wasn’t that long ago that I was able to tell my certification clients that the FAA was processing them in about 3 weeks from receiving the application.

 

[Jerry Kraut]

I was responding to the comments related to the loooong delay in registration transfers being processed.

I agree things are messed up for new registrations.
I have no idea what has happened, but whatever it is, it should not be hard to fix since it wasn’t that long ago that I was able to tell my certification clients that the FAA was processing them in about 3 weeks from receiving the application.

Why beating around the bush? Probably staff cuts with the FAA. Disregard: politics!

 

[Dugaru]

All is not well in OKC right now….

Indeed. The FAA is giving off copious warning signals of a bureaucracy under significant stress. I hope their (many) safety-critical functions aren’t as degraded as their “everyday red tape” procedures.

 

[DanH]

A big factor is not getting punted back to the far end of the line following a discrepancy, so take the time to make sure your paperwork is flawless at the first submission. For example, going back to Paul's original post, a Bill of Sale in the chain apparently didn't include the seller's title ("Owner", "President", etc). That will get it kicked back every time.

I recommend submitting a string of 8050-2's to document the train of ownership, rather than a letterhead bill of sale. With all due respect, we're dealing with paper pushers, so give them familiar paper! Compare each with the previous to be sure names and numbers all match. For example, if the 8050-2 transferring to me says the purchaser is "Daniel Horton", and I sign the next 8050-2 "Dan Horton" as seller, some poor bugger further down the chain may get his application for registration kicked back.

Perfect title paperwork is a major back room management issue in the auto business, as a seller often has a limited number of days to perfect a lien on behalf of a lender. The FAA registration folks and a state DMV are much alike...but there are 50 different DMV's, all of which managed to interpret the Uniform Title Act of 1989 differently.

 

[WWhunter]

When this does become an issue is if someone makes a purchase of an aircraft and during that limbo time they wish to initiate any airworthiness related activity... such as amending operating limitations on an experimental amateur built.
There is no way for an owner to initiate a Airworthiness related application on there airplane that they legally own, until FAA Registration completes the ownership process and it shows up as registered to them in the public record.

This is the reason that I was getting impatient! Took the Repairman's class and was wanting to get my the amended operating limitations updated so I can sign off the condition inspections.

 

[Mel]

When this does become an issue is if someone makes a purchase of an aircraft and during that limbo time they wish to initiate any airworthiness related activity... such as amending operating limitations on an experimental amateur built.
There is no way for an owner to initiate a Airworthiness related application on there airplane that they legally own, until FAA Registration completes the ownership process and it shows up as registered to them in the public record.
Thankfully, the FAA puts a first order priority on new registration applications so that manufacturers (of which in a sense, home builders are manufacturers) can get new aircraft registered relatively quickly.

YEP! Working one just like this right now. Fortunately, in this case, the "change of ownership" has not been submitted so we are doing the certification under the previous ownership (as shown on the registration).