<< >> NASA ASRS Report 187575, August 1991

International arrival customs ground check reveals recently purchased aircraft had only the temporary registration certificate.

Attributes
ACN	187575
Time
Date	199108
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : inl
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	187575
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	observation : observer other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The company recently purchased the airplane. The owners and sales personnel filled out the temporary registration and placed it in the airplane. They did not notice nor did I check for the prohibition against international flight with only the temporary registration. Prevention is a simple matter of reading the paper work!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INTL ARR CUSTOMS GND CHK REVEALS RECENTLY PURCHASED ACFT HAD ONLY THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.

Narrative: THE COMPANY RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE. THE OWNERS AND SALES PERSONNEL FILLED OUT THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION AND PLACED IT IN THE AIRPLANE. THEY DID NOT NOTICE NOR DID I CHK FOR THE PROHIBITION AGAINST INTL FLT WITH ONLY THE TEMPORARY REGISTRATION. PREVENTION IS A SIMPLE MATTER OF READING THE PAPER WORK!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.