Applying a reserved N number to your new aircraft,

[Tom-D]

Is there a place to do that on the FAA.Gov web page ?

 

[N801BH]

Is there a place to do that on the FAA.Gov web page ?

I called them for mine 14 years ago.....

I do "think" there is a place on the website to reserve one now though..

Edit...

Yup


http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx

About half way down on the left side is

" reserve N number" online...

 

[Tom-D]

I called them for mine 14 years ago.....

I do "think" there is a place on the website to reserve one now though..

I already have it reserved, but how do you get the FAA to apply it to your aircraft?

Do you simply put it on the request for registration?

 

[N801BH]

I already have it reserved, but how do you get the FAA to apply it to your aircraft?

It takes a bill of sale for the transaction to get blessed...

 

[flyingron]

Call the civil aircraft registry and prepare to pull your hair out for the next several months. This is one of THE most obstinante, pinheaded parts of the federal government I've come across.

The procedure is here: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/special_nnumbers/

 

[Tom-D]

It takes a bill of sale for the transaction to get blessed...

Got that too, it has Canadian C-letters on it.

 

[Tom-D]

Call the civil aircraft registry and prepare to pull your hair out for the next several months. This is one of THE most obstinante, pinheaded parts of the federal government I've come across.

The procedure is here: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/special_nnumbers/

OK with that.
I've read the whole page, no where is there a place to do this on line.
WHY the hell not?

 

[N801BH]

Got that too, it has Canadian C-letters on it.

Follow Ron's link....

And.... Have ALOT of patience...

 

[flight2000]

I don't think the process has changed since I did mine in 2010. Only took 2 months from start to finish and I had the new registration in place by time the plane rolled out of the paint shop. You'll need to get the new airworthiness certificate done at your local FSDO once the new 8050-64 gets to you.

It wasn't that painful of a process. I've attached the sample document I sent to the FAA that needs to be signed in blood....I mean ink...

Cheers,
Brian

 

[mikea]

I already have it reserved, but how do you get the FAA to apply it to your aircraft?

Do you simply put it on the request for registration?

Isn't there a paper form that you mail in to advise the FAA that you applied the new number to the aircraft?

Oh yeah. I visited the FSDO for a revised airworthiness certificate so the FAA gets notified that way, too.

 

[flyingron]

No you can't do it online. They want an actual piece of paper. They won't take a scan emailed to them. When I asked if there was any faster way to do it, they said I could fax it. WTF is different about PDF scan emailed to them versus faxed I have no idea.

As I said, this is THE most pinheaded department of the FAA (now that John Lynch has retired from AFS200) I've ever had the misfortune to deal with.

 

[Tom-D]

No you can't do it online. They want an actual piece of paper. They won't take a scan emailed to them. When I asked if there was any faster way to do it, they said I could fax it. WTF is different about PDF scan emailed to them versus faxed I have no idea.

As I said, this is THE most pinheaded department of the FAA (now that John Lynch has retired from AFS200) I've ever had the misfortune to deal with.

We discovered a much worse dept. "Customs" ,, these Agents give a new meaning to F---edup.

 

[denverpilot]

We discovered a much worse dept. "Customs" ,, these Agents give a new meaning to F---edup.

Have you seen any agency getting demonstrably smarter or more efficient in the last two decades?