Very sad. Not sure why they didn't just sell them at whatever price they could get. They have two of them at my home airport. I have flown them and they are a nice little plane.
Agreed! Seem's like this would've hurt their bottom line.That's a shame. They could of donated them to aviation schools, high schools, colleges... So much good could have come even if they weren't flyable.
Two words: Liability exposure
Explain? Curious about this.Two words: Liability exposure
Easy. Sell, give away etc. 20 years later a special snowflake is killed doing stupid pilot tricks. Cessna is sued for 40 bazillion dollars.Explain? Curious about this.
Is that just because Cessna decided to stop production and not support the 162 any further? Cause the same could be said for their other models and outstanding 162 fleet.Easy. Sell, give away etc. 20 years later a special snowflake is killed doing stupid pilot tricks. Cessna is sued for 40 bazillion dollars.
Cheaper in the long run to write them all off and crush.
It saddens me when they send a destroy order.
Is that just because Cessna decided to stop production and not support the 162 any further? Cause the same could be said for their other models and outstanding 162 fleet.
Understood, but strange your quote tagged me as saying, "it saddens me when they send a destroy order." because I never said that LOL where did that come from?I have heard that when Lightspeed takes in a headset on trade (a great deal for consumers, BTW), they go right into a crusher.
Which also seems a waste but can be a rational choice for them as well.
Historically, unsold books just had the covers returned to the publisher and the books themselves destroyed.
One story is that a large shipment of aircraft were improperly packaged for shipment and had bad corrosion by the time they were unpacked in the US. This picture was posted to Facebook, and is claimed to be the aircraft that are being destroyed. Note they're all sitting on the bottoms of crates, with plexiglass still covered, paperwork taped to the windshield, identical lifting straps installed on the wing roots, and the closest airplane, at least, sitting with dessicant plugs in its engine.It would be interesting to know their reason for doing this.
Now that theory makes the most sense!One story is that a large shipment of aircraft were improperly packaged for shipment and had bad corrosion by the time they were unpacked in the US. This picture was posted to Facebook, and is claimed to be the aircraft that are being destroyed. Note they're all sitting on the bottoms of crates, with plexiglass still covered, paperwork taped to the windshield, identical lifting straps installed on the wing roots, and the closest airplane, at least, sitting with dessicant plugs in its engine.
This may just be a file photo of Skycatchers arriving... but it was included with several showing destruction of airframes. If it does show what it claims to (e.g., airplanes about to be destroyed) then the story about corrosion is likely true.
If so, there's probably an insurance company involved, here. It's very possible that Cessna, Continental, and the avionics manufacturers demanded the equipment be destroyed to avoid future liability.
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Understood, but strange your quote tagged me as saying, "it saddens me when they send a destroy order." because I never said that LOL where did that come from?
Fixed that for you....Given the option, Textron would gleefully crush every legacy piston plane they can get their hands on.
They can get more money from insurance than they can by selling them without the risk of liability. Cha Ching! It is always about the money.It would be interesting to know their reason for doing this.
Actually, reading the link Matthew posted and the AvWeb article on this, it sounds like this was just unsold inventory, left over from when they stopped sales.Now that theory makes the most sense!
I've been flying Skycatchers almost exclusively for a year-and-a-half, and other than the weight limitation, it's a pretty capable little airplane. My main complaint is that the seats get uncomfortable on long flights.
One thing that's worrisome is that I read in another thread that Cessna was neither coming up with nor allowing an ADS-B out solution for the airplane.
My thoughts exactly.Were these the Chinese-made airframes? Maybe they found something they didn't want getting out?
Maybe they just didn't want to have to support them in the future? Dunno - seems like they could have parted them out somehow, even if they didn't want them to fly.
Fixed that for you....
The way Textron has been acting lately, I'm sure that lawyers are running the company.It would be interesting to know their reason for doing this.
They have to be one heck of a heartless bastard to crush those airframes! I wish they could be used as a ceiling decoration or something like that rather than just throw them into the trash.What a sad day for airplane owners....
What an exciting day for equipment operators,..!!!
They have to be one heck of a heartless bastard to crush those airframes! I wish they could be used as a ceiling decoration or something like that rather than just throw them into the trash.