GA small transport operated without registration certificate. Customs advised FSDO.

Attributes
ACN	105365
Time
Date	198902
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pbi
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	105365
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The aircraft was just bought, new registration certificate has been applied for. The FAA has not had time to renew the registration for the new owner. I do not understand how the pink copy is good as a registration certificate only part of the time!!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMT OPERATED WITHOUT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. CUSTOMS ADVISED FSDO.

Narrative: THE ACFT WAS JUST BOUGHT, NEW REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR. THE FAA HAS NOT HAD TIME TO RENEW THE REGISTRATION FOR THE NEW OWNER. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE PINK COPY IS GOOD AS A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ONLY PART OF THE TIME!!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.