Which documents should be filed with the FAA aircraft Registry?

To register an aircraft send the following to the Aircraft Registration Branch:
  • an Aircraft Registration Application, AC Form 8050-1.
  • evidence of ownership (such as one or more bills of sale)
  • the $5.00 registration fee made payable to the Federal Aviation Administration.




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We'll start on familiar ground, with the mnemonic AROW. The letters stand for the documents that must be carried aboard an airplane. They are an airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, operating limitations, and weight and balance information.

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Required documentation includes:
  • Airman certificate.
  • Medical certificate.
  • Government issued photo ID.
  • Aircraft's airworthiness certificate (legible, displayed onboard in clear view, and matching aircraft's tail number)
  • Aircraft registration (current and matching tail number)


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Occurrences Requiring Notification.
  • Flight control system malfunction or failure.
  • Inability of any required flight crew member to perform their normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness.
  • Failure of structural components of a turbine engine excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes.
  • Inflight fire.


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Date. Total flight time or lesson time. Location where the aircraft departed and arrived, or for lessons in a flight simulator or flight training device, the location where the lesson occurred. Type and identification of aircraft, flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device, as appropriate.

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