Starting Thursday, January 26th, 2006 owners and operators of aircraft with “questionable” registrations might be denied access to the ATC system, as well as trigger a violation notice to the owner. On June 23, 2003, the FAA published a notice stating that its aircraft registration system would be augmented to reflect the “observed status of an aircraft’s certificate of registration” and that registrations have to be updated at least every three years. As of that date, those aircraft records containing information that would render a certificate of registration ineffective were changed to reflect a status of “in question.” Any unreported address change, any aircraft sale or pending registration that isn’t followed up and any triennial form that is returned because of a bad mailing address could flag an aircraft as “in question.” Aircraft registration status can be checked online or by contacting the FAA’s aircraft registration branch toll free at (866) 762-9434.

If you have a question about your own registration, we’ve also included the following internet link to the FAA’s web site. It tells about how to check your registration information and what to do if there is a discrepancy.

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/registration_status/

If you find that you have a problem, you can use the internet link below to obtain the proper form to submit. These are in .PDF format. They can be fill them out online, but you can’t save them.

Please note, the Aircraft Registration Application, AC Form 8050-1, is not available for download. You must use an original Aircraft Registration Application, AC Form 8050-1.

We have copies of this form at our office.

If you have any questions, please call us. We will be glad to assist you in obtaining an answer.