It pays to check the details on your airworthiness certificate!
I bought a newly built RV12-iS in Sept, 2019. Last month I noticed that the model on the A/W cert was incorrect (RV12 vs RV-12IS). The local FSDO found two other issues. The "purpose" was Operating Primary Kit Built Aircraft, not Operating Light-Sport Kit Built. And the ops limits would have required any future phase 1 to be flown in another state, where it was built.
It took 18 calendar days, several phone calls and emails, and a visit from someone from the local FSDO, to get this resolved, but I now have a new a/w cert and ops limits, and a logbook entry from the FSDO re issuance of new cert and ops limits today.
Another footnote...whoever inspected the plane originally never filed the paperwork with the FAA. The file was *empty*. His logbook entry referred to the plane as "operating exp aircraft", which isn't quite accurate.
Moral of the story - 1) look at your paperwork and original logbook entry carefully and 2) if your FAA online record shows unknown or none for the airworthiness section, you might want to dig into why!
I bought a newly built RV12-iS in Sept, 2019. Last month I noticed that the model on the A/W cert was incorrect (RV12 vs RV-12IS). The local FSDO found two other issues. The "purpose" was Operating Primary Kit Built Aircraft, not Operating Light-Sport Kit Built. And the ops limits would have required any future phase 1 to be flown in another state, where it was built.
It took 18 calendar days, several phone calls and emails, and a visit from someone from the local FSDO, to get this resolved, but I now have a new a/w cert and ops limits, and a logbook entry from the FSDO re issuance of new cert and ops limits today.
Another footnote...whoever inspected the plane originally never filed the paperwork with the FAA. The file was *empty*. His logbook entry referred to the plane as "operating exp aircraft", which isn't quite accurate.
Moral of the story - 1) look at your paperwork and original logbook entry carefully and 2) if your FAA online record shows unknown or none for the airworthiness section, you might want to dig into why!