Pedals2Paddles
Cleared for Takeoff
Lets say you have your pretty official weight and balance sheet. Upon examining it, you find that a prior owner had work done (or did work on his own) that was not accounted for. For example, Nav/Com radios were replaced, but the W&B was never updated to reflect that.
Now you would like to have the W&B updated to reflect reality for all kinds of obvious, good, and legal reasons. What are the implications / hiccups / good / bad / otherwise of doing this?
It seems to me you have to basically inventory everything to see what is still there vs what is on the current W&B vs what is new and unaccounted for. Subtract the things that were removed, and add the things that were installed. I would imagine this is an annoyance, but rather straight forward? Are there any paperwork problems this could create?
What about the logbook side of things. Lets say a prior owner installed a new radio that has no logbook entry and no sign off from someone with the legal authority to sign it off? Would an A&P or avionics tech have to inspect the installation and sign off that it is ok in order to make the logbook complete? Or is this something that you just live with until you want to replace it again and it becomes a moot point? Or maybe the answer is yes to both... ?
Now you would like to have the W&B updated to reflect reality for all kinds of obvious, good, and legal reasons. What are the implications / hiccups / good / bad / otherwise of doing this?
It seems to me you have to basically inventory everything to see what is still there vs what is on the current W&B vs what is new and unaccounted for. Subtract the things that were removed, and add the things that were installed. I would imagine this is an annoyance, but rather straight forward? Are there any paperwork problems this could create?
What about the logbook side of things. Lets say a prior owner installed a new radio that has no logbook entry and no sign off from someone with the legal authority to sign it off? Would an A&P or avionics tech have to inspect the installation and sign off that it is ok in order to make the logbook complete? Or is this something that you just live with until you want to replace it again and it becomes a moot point? Or maybe the answer is yes to both... ?