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FAA Updates Its Procedures for Registration of Aircraft

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
November 23, 2010

Aircraft title registration in the United States historically has been a voluntary-based compliance system. But relying on aircraft owners to police themselves in maintaining the accuracy of their registration records has also spawned a system with serious flaws. The Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) in Oklahoma City, OK, which maintains the U.S. aircraft registry (the “FAA Registry”), estimated that approximately one-third of the 357,000 registered aircraft records on the FAA Registry are inaccurate and that many aircraft associated with those records are likely ineligible for U.S. registration. See 75 Fed. Reg. at 41969 (July 20, 2010). Here, we discuss a new FAA rule designed to improve the accuracy of aircraft registration records, and its effect on aircraft financiers.

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