Brinks wrote:
I'm looking at an older 182 out near Sacramento, CA. Any recommendations on
a place to do a pre-buy? Thanks!

Chris,

May I suggest Cessna Pilots Association and their captive shop... at
Santa Maria airport? I took my Cessna-206 for pre-purchase from
Stockton to Santa Maria... and in 6 years of ownership, nothing has
happened that was not on the pre-purchase inspection list.

The only thing I would do different is to have an annual inspection
performed by/at CPA that I would pay for. The current owner pays for
airworthyness maintenance to pass the annual, and other discrepencies
become negotiable between the buyer and seller. CPA found $12,000
worth of discrepencies beyond airworthiness, and the seller reduced
his selling price by 1/2 of that. The CPA pre-purchase was worth it!

Cessna Pilots Association
3203 Lightning St
Santa Maria, CA 93455-1898
800 343-6416 Cessna Pilot's Association
805 922-2580 Shop, Adam Halop to schedule rigging

If my phone numbers/contacts are old, see:
http://www.cessna.org/



Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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