Narrative:

Before conducting a yearly recurrent training flight with a pilot in the subject aircraft; I consulted with the aircraft mechanic holding inspection authorization who had been maintaining the aircraft for the last several years. The mechanic assured me that the aircraft was recently inspected by him in accordance with the manufacturer's approved procedures; the transponder checks; pitot static checks; and ELT checks had been performed. Airworthiness directives were complied with and the aircraft was in airworthy condition. While the logbooks were not readily available for inspection; he had personally made the appropriate entries and the logbooks were complete and up to date. I had been acquainted with this mechanic for several years; and he was well respected and trusted by many individuals on the airport. I had no reason to doubt his statements.I performed a preflight inspection of the aircraft with no discrepancies noted. I conducted the training flight without incident.now; it has come to my attention that a third party has reviewed the maintenance records for the subject aircraft and has found numerous serious discrepancies. The discrepancies discovered during this maintenance review bring into question the airworthiness of the aircraft going back several years. It appears the mechanic was not performing the maintenance in compliance with the fars or the manufacturer's maintenance program; even though he was making logbook entries attesting to the fact that the maintenance was being completed properly.it appears the owner and operators of the aircraft had been deceived for many years by this individual.now that these facts have come to light; the aircraft has been delivered to a different maintenance establishment and the discrepancies uncovered are being corrected. The aircraft will be returned to service in an airworthy state.

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Title: GA Flight Instructor reported that maintenance had been misrepresented and that the aircraft had serious discrepancies.

Narrative: Before conducting a yearly recurrent training flight with a pilot in the subject aircraft; I consulted with the Aircraft Mechanic holding Inspection Authorization who had been maintaining the aircraft for the last several years. The mechanic assured me that the aircraft was recently inspected by him in accordance with the manufacturer's approved procedures; the Transponder Checks; Pitot Static Checks; and ELT Checks had been performed. Airworthiness Directives were complied with and the aircraft was in airworthy condition. While the logbooks were not readily available for inspection; he had personally made the appropriate entries and the logbooks were complete and up to date. I had been acquainted with this mechanic for several years; and he was well respected and trusted by many individuals on the airport. I had no reason to doubt his statements.I performed a preflight inspection of the aircraft with no discrepancies noted. I conducted the training flight without incident.Now; it has come to my attention that a third party has reviewed the maintenance records for the subject aircraft and has found numerous serious discrepancies. The discrepancies discovered during this maintenance review bring into question the airworthiness of the aircraft going back several years. It appears the mechanic was not performing the maintenance in compliance with the FARs or the manufacturer's maintenance program; even though he was making logbook entries attesting to the fact that the maintenance was being completed properly.It appears the owner and operators of the aircraft had been deceived for many years by this individual.Now that these facts have come to light; the aircraft has been delivered to a different maintenance establishment and the discrepancies uncovered are being corrected. The aircraft will be returned to service in an airworthy state.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.