I no longer represent the Europa club or their committee but I wonder if
they would be willing to look into this. Perhaps Mike Gegory the club safety
officer would consider collating such data and and passing it on to Europa
aircraft or the PFA.
I would suggest an annual inspection form where owners can note any defects
or irregularities that can be recorded in the database and passed on to the
factory.
I appreciate that the Europa committee is a voluntary organisation and that
perhaps there is a cost element involved. I for one would be happy to
contribute towards the cost of such an exercise.
Carl Pattinson
G-LABS
- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Pitt" <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa Fault Reporting
> <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
>
> Carl, I must agree with your comments about collating information. I was
> very surprised and disappointed that when the recent FSBs were issued and
> I failed my own aircraft due to pip pin holes that despite advising my
> inspector and Francis Donaldson personally I am not aware that anyone was
> actually collating the number or type of issues that were being thrown up.
> As I do not come from an aeronautic background I did not know what the
> norm was, but, certainly in my world of finance, we would have noted
> problems to see if there was a common thread.
> I would not wish to cast an extra work on to any one body but I do wonder
> if there should be some form of database held (presumably by the PFA as
> the Licensing Authority) to be able to show that any FSB or similar issue
> had been resolved by any aircraft on the British Register. With 200 plus
> flying Europas surely it would not be that big a job for someone to
> manage.
> Flak jackets on!!
> Steve Pitt
> G-SMDH
> (Both pip pin holes cut out, top and bottom (see above) and ready to
> recast fibreglass - for those wondering about the exercise it took about
> 1/2 hour to do the cutting and shaping for each tailplane. The
> fibreglassing will probably take a little longer.)
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