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Originally Posted by jtrain609  CYA at all times.
-Get a ferry permit, it won't take long to get it faxed out to you
-Fly it back to where ever you need to so that you can get the MX done on it
-Land short on a long runway, use aerodynamic breaking to make sure you get stopped
-Be ready to have the airplane towed off the runway if you can't make your turnoff
And if the FAA says you can't fly it without a special flight permit, then you might as well consider yourself grounded de facto. If they tell you that you don't need one that's one thing, but if they deny you one then it's obvious that under that FSDO's interp. the airplane isn't airworthy. So if you go and depart anyways, your original airworthyness certificate is assumed to be void because the aircraft isn't airworthy and you have nothing to suppliment it (I.E. the ferry permit). Departing in an unairworthy aircraft when the FAA already knows you've got a problem isn't exactly the smartets way to keep your certificates. Just get a mechanic out there.
And if anybody pressures you to make that flight, remember that whatever company you're working for/renting from doesn't give a crap about your certificates. They will do everything in their power to cover THEIR butt and hang yours out to dry. |
That is a tough one. Depending field conditions and rwy lengths you can make an argument either way. However, if something were to happen will you hear these five words
"WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE" If you think you might then don't take the trip and get mx to come out and fix it.