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I'm looking at purchasing a 1974 PA-32-300 advertised as having a engine with 600 hours on it since new. After reviewing the engine logs and doing some digging online, I find that the engine was exported by Lycoming to Poland, where it was fitted to a PZL-104M. It stayed there for about three years, accumulating 20 hours in its first year and exactly one hour per year thereafter. The aircraft then moved to England were it was re-registered on the CAA registry. Something happened to the plane, and it was withdrawn from service about a year after moving to the UK. The engine found its way back to the USA were it was torn-down and inspected by someone whose name I can't read as per the Lycoming prop strike instructions, shortly after which it was fitted to the PA-32. The log book is CAA issue, with the first entries re its life in Poland being merely dates and hours, follwed by a note that they were copied from the Polish logs. Short question: Would this complex engine history put you off buying this plane? |
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