The International Cessna^® 170 Association

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/ ... wsId=11617

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to create a more accurate aircraft registration database, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring re-registration of all civil aircraft over the next three years and renewal every three years after that.

The rule establishes specific expiration dates over a three-year period for all aircraft registered before Oct. 1, 2010, and requires re-registration of those aircraft according to a specific schedule. All aircraft registration certificates issued on or after Oct. 1, 2010 will be good for three years with the expiration date clearly shown.

“These improvements will give us more up-to-date registration data and better information about the state of the aviation industry,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.

Current regulations require owners to report the sale of an aircraft, the scrapping or destruction of an aircraft, or a change in mailing address, but many owners have not complied with those requirements.

Re-registration of all U.S. civil aircraft by Dec. 31, 2013 will enhance the database with current data derived from recent contact with aircraft owners. The new regulations also will ensure that aircraft owners give the FAA fresh information at least once every three years when they renew their registration. The FAA will cancel the N-numbers of aircraft that are not re-registered or renewed.

The only real reason for it is to screw money out of us. And I guarantee the fee will go up very quickly from the proposed $5.00

ginbug92b wrote:The only real reason for it is to screw money out of us. And I guarantee the fee will go up very quickly from the proposed $5.00

They will have to support the new department in the FAA to take care of the new workload somehow. Just more new government jobs.

Sad..... That no one can think of a better way to accomplish what they are trying to do........

Couldn't a single click at the town office send the data to the FAA when one does the local annual registration?

Or would that be too simple?

ronjenx wrote:Couldn't a single click at the town office send the data to the FAA when one does the local annual registration?

Or would that be too simple?

I guess you think there is local registration every where............... Try again.......

mit wrote:

ronjenx wrote:Couldn't a single click at the town office send the data to the FAA when one does the local annual registration?

Or would that be too simple?

I guess you think there is local registration every where............... Try again.......

That's life in Maine.
Sorry to sound so naive.

Wasn't my intention, there has to be a better idea; I just haven't thought of it

I just received a registration verification card for one of my aircraft. They ask you to respond only if there is incorrect information on the card, or if the aircraft should no longer be registered. All the information was correct, as always, so I threw it away -- thinking "how stupid is that?" It's a system designed to fail.

They used to require a response annually, if I remember right, to keep an aircraft in the registry. Maybe they dropped that because it was too expensive, and now they're looking for some reasonable compromise. I certainly won't begrudge them a little paperwork and a $5.00 fee every three years.

Seems to me that if you register your aircraft with the feds than state registration should no longer be needed.

mike roe wrote:Seems to me that if you register your aircraft with the feds than state registration should no longer be needed.

Aircraft have always been registered through the Fed as far as I know (last 23 years I've owned). The states that did it only used it as a money maker. The $5 fee every 3 years seems pretty reasonable right now but I wonder how long that will last.

In 1996 my C140 was destroyed by a wind storm. Within 30 days I notified the FAA to de-register the aircraft. The aircraft stayed on the registry for just short of 3 years. So I wonder where the REAL problem is .

ronjenx wrote:

mit wrote:

ronjenx wrote:Couldn't a single click at the town office send the data to the FAA when one does the local annual registration?

Or would that be too simple?

I guess you think there is local registration every where............... Try again.......

That's life in Maine.
Sorry to sound so naive.

No reg req't in CA. Please don't tell our legislature that other states do this...

[Aircraft have always been registered through the Fed as far as I know (last 23 years I've owned). The states that did it only used it as a money maker. The $5 fee every 3 years seems pretty reasonable right now but I wonder how long that will last]

If its registered thru the feds it one more thing that makes no sense to do a state registration is what I am saying. We pay $5.00 a year to get a little sticker that when figuring the price to produce,open the envelope with my check,cash the check,do the registration paperwork on their end,mail it back out,it seems like a real money maker for a state who has no money. Like I said one more thing that could be done away with on the state level and they would save money.

Minnesota uses registration as a way of collecting a tax on aircraft each year. It used to be just $25/year for antique/classic aircraft, and one particular pilot who owned a J3 Cub was able to convince the state that the fee wasn't covering their expenses. (New sticker each year, new registration form, billing, handling the payment, etc.) As a result, the Minnesota registration no longer has to be renewed on aircraft that are more than 50 years old.