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Leesburg airport uses new state derelict-aircraft law to remove two inoperable planes
Summary
Commission and staff described use of a recently enacted state law to declare, notify, and dispose of derelict or abandoned aircraft at the airport; two aircraft were advertised and sold at public auction after owners failed to respond.
Leesburg Airport staff told the Airport Commission on April 9 that a state law enacted last year giving airports a clearer path to remove derelict or abandoned aircraft has already been used to dispose of two inoperable airplanes.
Commissioners and staff said the law defines an abandoned or derelict aircraft at a public-use airport as an airplane that has been unairworthy or otherwise un-flyable for 90 days and lacks a current FAA airworthiness certificate. Under the process described at the meeting, staff records the date an aircraft is identified,…
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