Question about purchasing an airplane.

One more question: I heard more than one person suggest that I perform an
Annual inspection as a pre-buy inspection on the perspective plane.

Ok ... aside from the fact that it's expensive (I am sure), how does this
fit in the big picture really?

Let's invert the roles for a second, shall we?

I am a seller. One buyer wants to do an annual as a pre-buy. Would I let
him/her?

If the buyer does an annual (at his expense) and then he gets wishy-washy
and changes his mind and walks away (after wasting his money), what if
another buyer wants to buy the plane AND do an annual as a pre-buy?

Aren't annuals a bit ... invasive to the plane? Can't the plane be damaged?

Is it possible/feasable/realistic that a plane on sale could get Annual-ed
more than once in a very short period of time if things don't work out for
one reason or another?


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Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My On-line pilot community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com
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Annuals are not pre-buy inspections. They address different issues.
Annuals don't check rigging, radio interference, shimmy, door seals, (you
get the point)

I've purchased 3 planes. 1st from my field. 2nd thru a broker (excellent
experience), the 3rd thru TAP, long lists & long distance negotiation. (The
previous broker didn't have anything in stock I wanted.)

Get the pre-buy from an independent 3rd party. Make sure EVERYTHING works
and put a value on things you want. If the subject plane doesn't have it,
then it adds to the purchase price. I found a '87 A36 w/ 1800TT, 150 SFRM
in my
budget. But it had tips tanks, built-in O2 & new paint, oh well. They were
'free' because the other planes in my search were the same price w/o the
aforementioned. My guess was that the seller was motivated and the plane
was priced fair.

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Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.



take off my shoes to reply

Annuals are not going to hurt a plane. The reason to do this is to save
money on the next annual.

Victor has a good point to inspect many things an annual would not.


"Marco Rispoli" wrote in message
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One more question: I heard more than one person suggest that I perform an
Annual inspection as a pre-buy inspection on the perspective plane.

Ok ... aside from the fact that it's expensive (I am sure), how does this
fit in the big picture really?

Let's invert the roles for a second, shall we?

I am a seller. One buyer wants to do an annual as a pre-buy. Would I let
him/her?

If the buyer does an annual (at his expense) and then he gets wishy-washy
and changes his mind and walks away (after wasting his money), what if
another buyer wants to buy the plane AND do an annual as a pre-buy?

Aren't annuals a bit ... invasive to the plane? Can't the plane be
damaged?

Is it possible/feasable/realistic that a plane on sale could get Annual-ed
more than once in a very short period of time if things don't work out for
one reason or another?


--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My On-line pilot community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com
"Marco Rispoli" wrote in message
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