PLT OF A LUSCOMB 8A WAS INFORMED DURING PREFLT BY AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT THE ACFT LOGBOOK RECORDS DID NOT SUFFICIENTLY INDICATE THAT THE ACFT HAD A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION OR THAT ALL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH. PLT ALSO THE OWNER OF ACFT. ALSO SEE ACN #366669 REGARDING CLASS B AIRSPACE.

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ON APR/FRI/97 I FLEW MY ACFT (1946 LUSCOMBE 8A) FROM HOME BASE AT ANE TO LVN FOR A PRE-SCHEDULED MEDICAL FLT TEST WITH FAA INSPECTOR OF THE FAA FSDO. IN THE PREFLT EXAM OF MY PLT CREDENTIALS AND THE ACFT RECORDS; FAA INSPECTOR EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE ACFT RECORDS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO: (DOCUMENTED TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION; PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING) 1) RECENT INSTALLATION OF AN ELT INTO THE ACFT; ALTHOUGH DOCUMENTED BY 337 AND LOGBOOK ENTRY; DID NOT DEMONSTRATE TO HIS SATISFACTION THAT THE UNIT WAS SATISFACTORILY INSTALLED AND FULLY OPERATIONAL FOR USE. 2) LOGBOOK ENTRY FOR INSPECTION AND ISSUANCE OF STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ON AUG/FRI/96 DID NOT DEMONSTRATE TO HIS SATISFACTION APPROPRIATE AND SUITABLE VALIDATION/COMPLIANCE WITH ASSOCIATED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES; ETC. FURTHER; THAT SINCE THIS LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS NOT FULLY DOCUMENTED (INCLUDING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES; ETC) IT DID NOT NECESSARILY COUNT AS AN ANNUAL INSPECTION; EVEN THOUGH IT INCLUDES THE CLAUSE 'NEXT INSPECTION DUE AUG/97.' 3) LOGBOOK ENTRY FOR LATEST 'ANNUAL INSPECTION' INDICATES THAT IT WAS PERFORMED IN FEB/96. HOWEVER; THIS LOGBOOK ENTRY DID NOT DEMONSTRATE TO HIS SATISFACTION THAT APPROPRIATE AND SUITABLE VALIDATION/COMPLIANCE WITH ASSOCIATED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES; ETC HAD BEEN DONE. ADDITIONALLY; THIS LAST 'ANNUAL INSPECTION;' WHETHER COMPLETE/VALID OR NOT; IS MORE THAN 12 CALENDAR MONTHS AGO. 4) MENTION WAS MADE THAT 1 SPECIFIC AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (#48-08-02) WAS DUE AT (APPROX) THE CURRENT TACH (HOBBS METER) TIME BASED ON A LOGBOOK ENTRY OF FEB/96 (DURING THE 'ANNUAL INSPECTION'). ON THIS BASIS; MY CHK FLT OPPORTUNITY MFT ON APR/FRI/97 WAS REFUSED. MY ACFT WAS GNDED AND I WAS INFORMED THAT I WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE ON THESE POINTS. UPON CONTACTING FAA INSPECTOR AT FSDO; I WAS OFFERED A FERRY PERMIT ENABLING ME TO RETURN MY ACFT TO HOME BASE (ANE); AFTER WHICH THESE ISSUES COULD BE ADDRESSED. A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WAS SCHEDULED WITH FAA INSPECTOR FSDO FOR APR/XF/97.THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO ANE ON APR/FRI/97; UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THIS FERRY PERMIT; WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR EVENT. THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS/FACTS ARE ALSO PERTINENT TO THIS SIT AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED: 1) THIS ACFT WAS IMPORTED TO MINNESOTA (UNITED STATES) FROM CANADA IN DEC/95; UNDER A FERRY PERMIT ISSUED FROM FSDO; AND WAS REGISTERED WITH THE FAA BY (THE THEN OWNER) OF FBO SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 2) THIS ACFT WAS GIVEN AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON FEB/XX/96 (AT 2025 TOTAL TIME) BY FBO AT ANE AND ENTRIES MADE IN THE ACFT LOGS TO REPRESENT SAME. 3) SINCE THIS ACFT CAME TO UNITED STATES FROM CANADA; IT HAS CANADIAN-STYLE ACFT LOGS; FOR WHICH THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE LIST IS IN A SEPARATE BOOK FROM THE REGULAR AIRFRAME LOGBOOK. (I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT INSPECTOR OF FAA APPROPRIATELY CONSIDERED THOSE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE RECORDS ON APR/FRI/97. 4) THIS ACFT WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY XXX WHO IS A DAR ON AUG/YY/96 (AT APPROX 2025 TOTAL TIME) DURING WHICH TIME A (NEW) STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED FOR THE ACFT (NORMAL CATEGORY; NO RESTRS). LOGBOOK ENTRY FOR THIS EVENT SIGNIFIES BOTH INSPECTION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE AND ALSO 'NEXT INSPECTION DUE AUG/97.' 5) I PURCHASED THE ACFT FROM OWNER IN SEP/96 (SHORTLY AFTER INSPECTION AND ISSUANCE OF THE UNITED STATES AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE). 6) FROM THE TIME THAT THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT INTO UNITED STATES (DEC/95); AND WHEN I PURCHASED IT (SEP/96) IT ACCUMULATED NO FLT TIME; AND ONLY FRACTIONAL HRS OF GND-RUNNING TIME. 7) THE LOGBOOK ENTRY MADE DURING THE FEB/96 ANNUAL (DONE AT 2025 TOTAL TIME) MENTIONS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE #48-08-02 TO BE 'DUE BY 2074 TOTAL TIME;' HOWEVER THE INVOICE FOR THIS SVC/INSPECTION INDICATES THAT THIS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE WAS COMPLIED WITH AT THAT TIME/DATE. BASED ON DETAILS ON THIS AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE; IT SHOULD BE DUE WITHIN 100 HRS OF OP (NOT 50). IT APPEARS THAT THE 'DUE BY' TIME NOTED IN THE LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MISCALCULATED. 8) I HAD AN ELT INSTALLED IN THE ACFT ON APR/XX/97 ATFBO AT ANE BY A&P MECH; WITH SUITABLE LOGBOOK ENTRIES INDICATED. IT IS MY POS THAT THE ACFT SHOULD NOT BE GNDED; IS WITHIN ITS INSPECTION PERIOD ('NEXT INSPECTION DUE 8/97'); AND THAT THE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE #48-08-02 SHOULD BE DUE AT 2155 TOTAL TIME RATHER THAN 2074 TOTAL TIME. HOWEVER; IT IS MY INTENTION TO FOLLOW-UP WITH MECH REGARDING TESTING AND LOGBOOK ENTRY FOR THE ELT SUCH THAT THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY REFLECTED. I ALSO INTEND TO HAVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE #48-08-02 ADDRESSED (RE-DONE) AND RECORDED IN THE ACFT LOGS TO REMOVE FUTURE QUESTIONS. I WILL ALSO MEET WITH INSPECTOR OF FAA ON APR/ZZ/97 TO GAIN HIS INPUT/ADVICE IN THE MATTER.