Year Model of aircraft?

[Falcon Jet 1]

Can anyone tell me what and where to find the regulation that demarcates the year model of an aircraft.
I have a Hawker that is showing on the FAA website as a 96 model, but a logbook entry showing certificate of airworthiness as 97 model. Bluebook, vref, and amstat all show as 97 model. Any help is greatly appreciated. Happy Tday

 

[ProFracPilot]

I don't know that you'll find a reg pertaining to this. Year / model doesn't make much difference. All the FAA is concerned about is the serial number and the date on the original airworthiness cert.

 

[Falcon Jet 1]

I agree it doesn't make that much difference except for my buyer that wants to know what year model he is buying(for resale purposes), and also when applying for financing or insurance it does, especially the later. "Well you said it was xxyear and it was really xx year, claim denied(hypothetical).

 

[falcon20pilot]

www.aircraftbluebook.com will give you listings of Hawker's serial number ranges that match the given year as far as their release and production "model year" was concerned. They start manufacturing a particular model year many years before the actual release (if it is anything like cars, I assume it is, the concept, details, drawings, and design are started 5 years before they roll a product off the floor).

It was a huge deal at Ford about 20 years ago when they were able to cut the time to release the first of a model year from 7 years to 5 years (concept to actual roll out of the first vehicle). Lots of things can happen in that amount of time.

If they produced the last planned 1996 model they would just move right on and start producing the first 1997 model whenever that happened. It would have to be some time well prior to January 1997.

It sounds like your aircraft is one of the first 97's that actually was completed in 1996, so it's airworthiness certificate was applied for as soon as it rolled off the line in 1996.

I am guessing but would make sense.

 

[gutshotdraw]

The year of the airplane made a HUGE difference when I tried to take a Stage-2 G-IISP into Australia. They ban any non-stage 3 aircraft more than 25 years old from even entering the country for a tech stop. They went by year of issue of the original Certificate of Airworthiness which was 1972. NOT entry into service which was 1973. Got shut out of Australia by a six month difference. Boss sold the jet (and my job) five months later.

 

[gret]

falcon20pilot and gutshotdraw

Nice posts.

Falcon, good info...gutshot...We use to own 2 GIIs and thought they were just fine a/c. Just got old and new ones came along. People forget that they were the first Gulfstream turbine and set the stage for everything else that came later.

 

[gutshotdraw]

It was a great machine. Especially with the Aviation Partners winglets. Loved that airplane.

 

[Fullagas]

Hi All.
I've seen mistakes on the FAA registry by as much as 10 years, clerical errors but they remained for a long time. The bluebook is great, but better yet is a call to the manufacturer or a rep. If buying, the seller needs to take care of any registry error as a condition of sale.

 

[Falcon Jet 1]

Thanks for all your input.