Taylorcraft: Potential project available

Folks -

I had an 'incident' with my T'craft last month. We've been totaling
up the costs and up until yesterday things looked good, then we took
what the A&P called a "dial-out' reading on the engine and it is out
of limits by .004. I don't know if that was there when I bought the
a/c or was due to the prop strike (wooden prop does not appear to be
hurt).

Anyway, because the engine needs to be taken apart, the a/c will
probably be totaled; the insurance may well offer it back to me, but I
don't have the resources to put her back into shape. On the other hand
I don't think the salvagers would have any love for her.

If you are interested in stepping between the insurance company and
the salvagers, drop me a line and I'll advise the insurance company
you are interested in owning it.

Regards, Mike

Why would an aircraft be totaled for a prop strike inspection?

Highly doubtful, unless the frame was a rusted out POS.

Karl
"Michael Horowitz" wrote in message
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Folks -

I had an 'incident' with my T'craft last month. We've been totaling
up the costs and up until yesterday things looked good, then we took
what the A&P called a "dial-out' reading on the engine and it is out
of limits by .004. I don't know if that was there when I bought the
a/c or was due to the prop strike (wooden prop does not appear to be
hurt).

Anyway, because the engine needs to be taken apart, the a/c will
probably be totaled; the insurance may well offer it back to me, but I
don't have the resources to put her back into shape. On the other hand
I don't think the salvagers would have any love for her.

If you are interested in stepping between the insurance company and
the salvagers, drop me a line and I'll advise the insurance company
you are interested in owning it.

Regards, Mike

"kage" wrote:

Why would an aircraft be totaled for a prop strike inspection?

Highly doubtful, unless the frame was a rusted out POS.

Karl


The insured value is 14K. If the cost to repair approaches 8.5K the
insurance co starts thinking about totaling it.
In this case, we knew the landing gear and at least two struts needed
replacement and we had a bent member under the floorboard. There was a
wrinkle in the fabric of one of the wings so we had to include
something in the estimate to cover something wrong there. Then when
the engine measured out of limits, the red light went on. No, it's not
a rusted out POS; went thru an annual last November.

Nonsense,

How could it POSSIBLY go through an annual when two struts need replacing
and had bent structure. Just WHO was the IA with the "Parker Pen?"


"Michael Horowitz" wrote in message
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"kage" wrote:

Why would an aircraft be totaled for a prop strike inspection?

Highly doubtful, unless the frame was a rusted out POS.

Karl


The insured value is 14K. If the cost to repair approaches 8.5K the
insurance co starts thinking about totaling it.
In this case, we knew the landing gear and at least two struts needed
replacement and we had a bent member under the floorboard. There was a
wrinkle in the fabric of one of the wings so we had to include
something in the estimate to cover something wrong there. Then when
the engine measured out of limits, the red light went on. No, it's not
a rusted out POS; went thru an annual last November.

"kage" wrote in message ...
Nonsense,

How could it POSSIBLY go through an annual when two struts need replacing
and had bent structure. Just WHO was the IA with the "Parker Pen?"


Hi,
What I gathered from the earlier postings is that the plane went
through annual last November, and that the damage to the struts and
bent structure, in addition to the other mentioned damage, occurred
during the subsequent incident.

B