A champion citabria was operated with the aircraft registration expired.

Attributes
ACN	384530
Time
Date	199710
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : arb
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : arb
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	384530
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft temporary registration expired. Date on registration was slightly unreadable and was flown with the expired registration. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a champion citabria and was a rental aircraft. The reporter said that the registration was not checked until the aircraft was in-flight. The reporter stated the FAA has made no contact with the reporter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CHAMPION CITABRIA WAS OPERATED WITH THE ACFT REGISTRATION EXPIRED.

Narrative: ACFT TEMPORARY REGISTRATION EXPIRED. DATE ON REGISTRATION WAS SLIGHTLY UNREADABLE AND WAS FLOWN WITH THE EXPIRED REGISTRATION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A CHAMPION CITABRIA AND WAS A RENTAL ACFT. THE RPTR SAID THAT THE REGISTRATION WAS NOT CHKED UNTIL THE ACFT WAS INFLT. THE RPTR STATED THE FAA HAS MADE NO CONTACT WITH THE RPTR.

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