Friend of mine called last night and told me about his DAR horror story. He has previously built 2 other homebuilts, one being a 4 seat Bearhawk with the all aluminum wings. The DAR rejected ALL the rivets in the wings, said that they are completely safe but they are NOT perfect and everyone has to be Perfect before he would sign them off. This is the same DAR that wants all AD's complied on an experiential engine. He sent the rejection papers to the FAA at Kansas City. So his wings are junk, just good for scrap metal even through the DAR says they are completely safe. Also my friend had a IA inspect the airplane and he went over the airplane and said nothing looked good.
Is this common with the DAR's now ? How many of you have DAR horror stories, don't relate the stories, just would like to have a count to get an idea if this is the way the DAR's are going.
Is this common with the DAR's now ? How many of you have DAR horror stories, don't relate the stories, just would like to have a count to get an idea if this is the way the DAR's are going.
