Anybody done a ferry permit lately?

[Mark89114]

My airplane is finally being put back together from the nose strut towing event.......

I am doing my best google searching, FAA reading, etc. but there are a lot of opinions and nonsense out there.

I have the portal set up and it leads me to 8130-6 which requires a mechanics signature, fine.  My "new" mechanic at out airport says the FAA used to allow him to do them and get permission but now it is on the owners to do the legwork and he isn't 100% sure about the process.  He is asking his inspector.

Seems like the form is asking me for signatures on airworthiness, well that is the problem and reason I need the ferry permit, to get it back to where I can get the annual done.  It isn't technically airworthy.    

[bigmo]

Just call the local FSDO. Pretty simple process and they’ll walk you through it. You’ll need an A&P to sign off that the aircraft is airworthy for ferry. Usually you can get everything done in a few days.

[N201MKTurbo]

You have todo it on line. And yes the aircraft owner has to do it. They will take electronic signatures. The last one I did was approved in a few hours.

Actually, I didn’t do it. I was going to do it, but I had to get the owner to do it.

[EricJ]

+1 that it's a new-ish process.   Some info here:

https://www.faa.gov/media/29886

 

[AJ88V]

My A&P submitted mine 2 years ago (Nov 2022), but maybe he just submitted in my name?

the link from @EricJ says

"The FAA may issue an applicant a special flight permit when:
1.) Registered owner or operator/agent registers aircraft,
2.) Applicant submits an application to the FAA; and
3.) The FAA determines the aircraft is eligible and is in a condition
for safe operation.

So clearly, the permit is issued to the owner or operator giving them permission to fly the aircraft.

But the example form in step 2 shows a form filled out as "Username or email:  JMechanic".  Must be a Freudian slip!

[ttflyer]

I'll just add that when we had to do this in February (airplane went out of annual during panel upgrade by 5 days), the local FSDO would have nothing to do with it even though I have a pretty long relationship with them for my day job. It's done online which was then sent to a local(ish) DER who sings off and sends us a bill - in our case $400.  For something that the FAA used to do for free. Progress I guess... It took a couple of days. When the FSDO did it, I could do it in an afternoon.

[wombat]

That's too bad.    Additional hurdles to compliance will result in lower compliance.  That will result in increased risk.

[EricJ]

It looks like there's an option for "none" on the DER/DAR authorization, though?   I'm wondering if that avoids it, since I've not head of anyone actually paying to get the permit before.

[Mark89114]

The reason I had a question was one of the fields I didn't understand, as I didn't think it was necessary...

Related to who did the inspection, DER and some other alphabet group I didn't recognize, and none was an option, so I picked NONE.

It went through, didn't cost me any money as all of the AD's that were mandatory and didn't allow special flights were complied with.  

Was briefly concerned as the mechanic said the FAA guy wanted to come inspect the plane, which I thought was a waste of taxpayer money, thought in my own mind anyway.

All done airplane back and waiting for annual.