Cliff Shaw wrote:
> The FAA will not even look at
> them if you are not applying for IFR airworthiness.
>
Boy, that's not very complimentary to an FAA inspector...lighting has nothing to
do with IFR. It's actually irrelevant what the inspector inspects. The wording
of the actual operating limitations controls, and they may say that night
flight is permitted "if equipped" with "approved" lighting. This places the onus
of compliance on the operator, not the builder nor the inspector. The chances
of a legal problem in this regard are remote as long as the strobes are
"adequate,"
but nevertheless that's the way the law works w/r/t op lims. As the
hapless builder found out in a famous case against Avemco Insurance Co. The
guy moved a fuel pump; didn't fix the problem; moved it back to the original
"certificated" position; crashed due to vapor lock. Insurance denied and upheld
in litigation, since the op lims letter re FAA notification of the mods was
not adhered to.
Regards,
Fred F.
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