PLT FLEW AN UNAIRWORTHY ACFT FROM SAT; TX. THE ACFT LOGBOOK FAILED TO BE CHKED TO ASSURE ALL NECESSARY ITEMS HAD BEEN CHKED SATISFACTORY.

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ON OCT/XA/97; I DELIVERED OUR SW2 (MERLIN IIIB) TO XXX IN SAN ANTONIO; TX; FOR A PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION. THE INSPECTION WAS TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF A C AND D INSPECTION WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION OR LOGBOOK ENTRIES MADE. ON OCT/XB/97; I WAS TO PICK UP THE AIRPLANE AND DELIVER IT TO GEORGETOWN; TX; FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. THAT MORNING I CHKED WITH XXX SVC DEPT TO TOW THE ACFT OUT OF THEIR MAINT HANGAR. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINT SAID IT WAS JUST BEING DONE. I MET THE AIRPLANE AT THE RAMP WHERE I CONDUCTED A VERY THOROUGH PREFLT. I NOTED THE ACFT'S LOGBOOKS WERE IN THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. I DID NOT INSPECT THEM SINCE I WAS TOLD NO LOGBOOK ENTRIES WERE MADE. BESIDES I HAD JUST TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR OF MAINT AND HE MADE NO MENTION WHATSOEVER ABOUT LOGBOOK ENTRIES EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW I WAS GOING TO FLY THE ACFT. I FLEW THE ACFT TO WWW IN GEORGETOWN; TX. WHILE THERE I RESEARCHED THE LOGBOOKS FOR SOME ENTRIES THAT XXX SAID WERE NOT THERE. IN FACT I DID FIND THEM TO BE ENTERED CORRECTLY. THE NEXT DAY; OCT/XC/97; I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE LOGBOOKS AND HAPPENED TO TURN TO THE LAST ENTRY. I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND AN ENTRY BY XXX STATING THAT THE AIRFRAME WAS FOUND TO BE NOT AIRWORTHY AND NOT APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SVC. I REALIZE THAT THE PIC IS RESPONSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE ACFT IS AIRWORTHY. WHAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY NOTHING WAS SAID TO ME AT XXX THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT FOUND TO BE AIRWORTHY WHEN THEY KNEW I WAS GOING TO FLY IT TO ANOTHER ARPT. A LIST OF DISCREPANCIES WAS GIVEN ME BUT THEY WERE LISTED AS NOT BEING UNAIRWORTHY ITEMS. TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN I WILL NOT TRUST ANYONE AND CHK EVERYTHING MYSELF. I AM JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED THEY SAID NOTHING TO ME.