MECH DISCOVERED RUDDER PEDAL MOVEMENT RESTR AFTER A FERRY FLT FOR ALTIMETER STATIC TEST.

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ACFT ALTIMETER PART NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER RECORDED UNDER ALTIMETER AND STATIC SYS INSPECTION SECTION OF ACFT LOGBOOK. ACFT OWNER THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS AN ENTRY THAT WAS NOT COMPLETE AND FINISHED ENTRY WHICH LOOKED LIKE ALTIMETER AND STATIC CHK WERE PERFORMED WHEN IT WAS NOT. SAME THING OCCURRED IN XPONDER INSPECTION SECTION OF LOGBOOK. IN THE FUTURE; SERIAL NUMBERS OF INSTALLED EQUIP SHOULD ONLY BE RECORDED IN THE MAINT SECTON OF LOGBOOK. SAME ACFT AS ABOVE WAS ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT FOR FLT TO MIDDLE US. MAINT RECORD INDICATED FLT CTL SYS; WAS RIGGED AND TRAVEL CHKED OK. UPON ARR AT DEST; RADIO STACK LOCATED BTWN AND AFT OF RUDDER PEDALS IN FRONT COCKPIT WAS RESTRICTING RUDDER TRAVEL. MECH WHO SIGNED ENTRY IN LOGBOOK ABOUT CTL TRAVEL WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT THIS. TURNS OUT RADIO STACK WAS REMOVED BTWN TIME IT LEFT MECH'S SHOP AND TIME IT WAS INSPECTED AT DEST ARPT DUE TO A RADIO PROB. RADIO STACK WAS REINSTALLED IMPROPERLY CAUSING RUDDER PEDALS TO HIT STACK AT FULL TRAVEL. THERE WAS NO ENTRY MADE ABOUT THIS RADIO MAINT DURING THE FERRY FLT AND MECH SIGNING OFF CTL TRAVEL CHK AT DEP ARPT WAS BLAMED FOR IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF RADIO STACK. MAINT PEOPLE WHO DO EVEN THE SMALLEST JOB SHOULD MAKE LOG ENTRIES REFLECTING THE WORK THEY DO. THIS IS WHAT LOGBOOKS AND ACFT RECORDS ARE FOR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR MECH WORK LOCATION IS BURLINGTON; VT. THE ACFT WAS A FOUGA; A FRENCH TWIN JET CERTIFICATED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY. THE FAA INSPECTORS HAVE INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND DID NOT APPARENTLY FIND ANY WRONG DOING BY RPTR. APPARENTLY THE OWNER TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO DO ALL MANNER OF EQUIP CHANGES NOT MONITORED OR SIGNED OFF BY AN AUTHORIZED MECH. THE RPTR'S ACFT MAINT IS FOR EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY ACFT ONLY; SUCH AS THIS ACFT AND THE RUSSIAN MIGS.