Sort of a semi-followup to my thread about retracts...
What spurred that question was a pretty good looking lance that's about an hour away. It suffered a nose gear collapse and prop strike last summer: https://www.trade-a-plane.com/searc...odel=LANCE&listing_id=2385773&s-type=aircraft
A tail number search yields damage photos in what seems to have been an insurance auction. There's a short note about repairs in the ad, but no mention of an engine inspection and new prop.
I finally decided to call & ask, but thought to search the seller first. Two Google results:
-A letter from a FSDO explaining he couldn't make a new data plate to restore a f33 bonanza flooded in hurricane sandy which he purchased as scrap. A search for that tail number shows it now registered as an 'experimental' F33.
-a lawsuit from the 90's where he lied and fabricated logbooks to sell a salvaged republic seabee
I think im gonna pass on this one. I thought a damaged & repaired aircraft, especially one like this with minimal damage, would be no big deal, but if these are the kind of characters that rebuild them...
What spurred that question was a pretty good looking lance that's about an hour away. It suffered a nose gear collapse and prop strike last summer: https://www.trade-a-plane.com/searc...odel=LANCE&listing_id=2385773&s-type=aircraft
A tail number search yields damage photos in what seems to have been an insurance auction. There's a short note about repairs in the ad, but no mention of an engine inspection and new prop.
I finally decided to call & ask, but thought to search the seller first. Two Google results:
-A letter from a FSDO explaining he couldn't make a new data plate to restore a f33 bonanza flooded in hurricane sandy which he purchased as scrap. A search for that tail number shows it now registered as an 'experimental' F33.
-a lawsuit from the 90's where he lied and fabricated logbooks to sell a salvaged republic seabee
I think im gonna pass on this one. I thought a damaged & repaired aircraft, especially one like this with minimal damage, would be no big deal, but if these are the kind of characters that rebuild them...