supplemental type certificate

[Jeffrey Keim]

I just purchased a 1980 Mooney 305 Rocket. Beautiful excellently maintained aircraft.  I have all of the log books and aircraft history but haven't located a Supplemental Type Certificate raising the gross weight from the original 231 of 3017 lbs to the 3200 lbs that the Rocket conversion qualifies for.

Can I get this from Rocket Engineering?

 

[EricJ]

Order the data CD from the FAA for your airplane and you'll get all of the 337s/STCs that have been filed for it in case it's just missing in your records.

 

[gacoon]

30 minutes ago, EricJ said:

Order the data CD from the FAA for your airplane and you'll get all of the 337s/STCs that have been filed for it in case it's just missing in your records.

 

+1 for the CD.  I always order them for any airplane I am considering buying.  Had CD for five different J’s before I bought the one I have now.  I consider it a mandatory step in the buying  process.

[Jeffrey Keim]

OK Thanks

[carusoam]

Welcome aboard Jeffrey!

Have you flown her yet?

Rockets are great powerful planes...

Transition Training is highly recommended...

Because with great power, comes great.... - Peter Parker Principle 

Best regards,

-a-

[RobertGary1]

2 hours ago, EricJ said:

Order the data CD from the FAA for your airplane and you'll get all of the 337s/STCs that have been filed for it in case it's just missing in your records.

 

It will only show stc’s that have been registered for your n number but doesn’t include STCs that may be available 

[PT20J]

2 hours ago, gacoon said:

+1 for the CD.  I always order them for any airplane I am considering buying.  Had CD for five different J’s before I bought the one I have now.  I consider it a mandatory step in the buying  process.

What’s the turnaround time on getting the CD?

[Old Chub]

I had a friend of mine that was considering buying a 172 and I told him to order the CD from OKC.  He went on-line and had it in his hands in one week.  I thought that was pretty good in the Covid era.

[adverseyaw]

It's taken me longer in the past -- about two years ago it was 2-3 weeks to get the CDs. Fast enough if you already own the plane.

If you're in a rush, Insured Aircraft Title Service (and likely others) will get you the contents of the CDs quickly for a small fee ($20) and will have them emailed within 24 hours. They used to keep the PDFs on-hand and just email them within an hour, but I think they were bit on a transaction and now they pull the physical CDs from the FAA and email them within a day.

 

On the STC, I was digging into this when I was looking at Rockets a few months ago. Link below is someone who got the STC from Rocket about three years ago.

Rocket 2900 vs 3200 GW - General Mooney Talk - Mooneyspace.com - A community for Mooney aircraft owners and enthusiasts

 

Here's the breakdown and sheets for the two STCs:

Posted October 18 (mooneyspace.com)

[gacoon]

32 minutes ago, Old Chub said:

I had a friend of mine that was considering buying a 172 and I told him to order the CD from OKC.  He went on-line and had it in his hands in one week.  I thought that was pretty good in the Covid era.

Thats been my experience also, about a week.

[tmo]

Can't IA's just download the info from the FAA? I seem to recall reading that somewhere, but cannot find a reference.

[JimB]

I order mine through AOPA. They came digitally to my email in about 24 hours. I think the cost was about $35.00

Found the link. Its an AOPA partnership with https://www.aerospacereports.com/product/5 

Edited December 14, 2020 by JimB

[Guest]

What are these CD things you refer to?

Clarence

[RobertGary1]

19 hours ago, M20Doc said:

What are these CD things you refer to?

Clarence

Are they on a stone tablet in Canada?

-Robert

[gacoon]

20 hours ago, M20Doc said:

What are these CD things you refer to?

Clarence

They are requested here on the FAA website.

Request Aircraft Documents (faa.gov)

[RobertGary1]

38 minutes ago, gacoon said:

They are requested here on the FAA website.

Request Aircraft Documents (faa.gov)

But you’re replying to a Canadian. 

[PT20J]

21 hours ago, M20Doc said:

What are these CD things you refer to?

Clarence

It’s the airplane file. It should have copies (including 337s) of all the documents that the FAA has for a particular US registered aircraft.

[RobertGary1]

5 minutes ago, PT20J said:

It’s the airplane file. It should have copies (including 337s) of all the documents that the FAA has for a particular US registered aircraft.

He’s Canadian.

[PT20J]

Just now, RobertGary1 said:

He’s Canadian.

I know that, but that's no reason not to answer his question 

[RobertGary1]

8 minutes ago, PT20J said:

I know that, but that's no reason not to answer his question 

Oh, I assumed it was a joke about Transport Canada.

-Robert

[Guest]

3 hours ago, RobertGary1 said:

Are they on a stone tablet in Canada?

-Robert

No, not even available from Transport Canada, privacy seems to be more guarded here.  I’m always amazed at the things that are available for public consumption in the USA.

Clarence

[gacoon]

1 hour ago, RobertGary1 said:

He’s Canadian.

Where was the plane born? - in Canada its whole life?  There might be something there.

[RobertGary1]

Just now, gacoon said:

Where was the plane born? - in Canada its whole life?  There might be something there.

But that makes the joke less funny.

[skykrawler]

You also find out if there have been any liens that have not been cleared, all ownership changes and registrations.

 

[1001001]

I used Aerospace Reports as the escrow agency when I bought my Mooney and then when I sold my Warrior.  They provide the FAA data that you would get on the CD as part of their service.