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Brian Priest

Brian Priest

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Yes Yes I know, probably another question commonly asked and probably beat to death somewhere. And yes I did go looking through some of the threads in search of an answer.

Okay now that’s out of the way, my question isn’t really a question. Rather I am a bit mystified by the whole prebuy process. I’ve done a bunch of reading but left with more questions than answers.

So here is “my” scenario: I live in Colorado, soon to be Kansas. How do I select an A&P to to the prebuy? How does travel work for the A&P if he is not close to the seller field. Are there specifics to have the A&P look for (corrosion, other mech issues) or just keep him to logbooks? Im fairly aviation savvy, is it really recommended that I do a brebuy with an A&P, or could I safely go out, open her up to some minor extent, and check the logs myself?

And FWIW, I can find aircraft AD lists and all that jazz. Lastly any pointers on this process, such as pitfalls and victories?
 
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IMHO, whether you can (or should) do a pre-buy without an A&P depends on several factors: (1) your own competence, (2) the seller's willingness to let a non-A&P turn wrenches on the airplane, (3) the complexity and uniqueness of the airplane, and (4) the price-point of the airplane. I'd be much more inclined to do my own pre-buy on a simple, $30k airplane than a pressurized, high performance low production $250k airplane. I did my own pre-buy on my current twin, with some "supervision" by the seller's A&P.
 
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