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Would this plane have flown?
You would also want to contact your insurance company because most aircraft
insurance policies are restricted to "when a valid standard airworthiness certificate" is on the airplane. The insurance co's attitude was "spend what you have to, do what ever you have to" to get the plane out of Mexico. If a pilot leaves a plane in Mexico it can take months to get it back. The Mexican gov't has a real hard time with pilots exiting that are not the pilot who flew the plane in. Also, they know there is money in fixing airplanes and they want to make real sure they get a piece of that. Everything in Mexico requires lots of paperwork and every paper needs lots and lots of stamps -Robert |
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Would this plane have flown?
That may all be true, but the FAA does have the ferry permit
to allow damaged airplanes to be flown, solo or required crew only. Your insurance company has a contract to insure your airplane if you operate it in accordance with the FAA regulations. "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... | You would also want to contact your insurance company because most aircraft | insurance policies are restricted to "when a valid standard | airworthiness certificate" is on the airplane. | | The insurance co's attitude was "spend what you have to, do what ever | you have to" to get the plane out of Mexico. If a pilot leaves a plane | in Mexico it can take months to get it back. The Mexican gov't has a | real hard time with pilots exiting that are not the pilot who flew the | plane in. Also, they know there is money in fixing airplanes and they | want to make real sure they get a piece of that. Everything in Mexico | requires lots of paperwork and every paper needs lots and lots of | stamps | | -Robert | |
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Would this plane have flown?
Purely from an academic standpoint, I'm curious why people go into remote
areas of a foreign country (particularly one like Mexico) without some way of calling for help if they get stuck, not having made arrangements/contacts with a local mechanic in case there were some kind of problem, etc. People who can afford having an A&P come down to Mexico to fix a problem ought to be able to afford a little planning ahead for eventualities just like this one. Academically speaking, of course. Juan "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/ I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend and a truck backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had a sat phone and I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and swap it for me. However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down seemed to think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply academic point of view I"m curious what you guys think. -Robert *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** |
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Would this plane have flown?
I don't call ahead and make arrangements for a mechanic at every airport I
land at. If something goes wrong, I'll deal with the problem. "Juan Jimenez" wrote in message om... Purely from an academic standpoint, I'm curious why people go into remote areas of a foreign country (particularly one like Mexico) without some way of calling for help if they get stuck, not having made arrangements/contacts with a local mechanic in case there were some kind of problem, etc. People who can afford having an A&P come down to Mexico to fix a problem ought to be able to afford a little planning ahead for eventualities just like this one. Academically speaking, of course. Juan "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/ I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend and a truck backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had a sat phone and I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and swap it for me. However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down seemed to think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply academic point of view I"m curious what you guys think. -Robert *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** |
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Would this plane have flown?
Yes, i think she would have flown, but the aerodynamics may be a bit
off until u got it repaired. |
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Would this plane have flown?
Your insurance company has a contract to insure
your airplane if you operate it in accordance with the FAA regulations. The insurance co was pretty clear that they did not want me to wait around for the paperwork process and wanted me to get it back to the U.S.. The longer you wait around, the more likely the Mexicans will notice the plane is damaged. -Robert |
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Would this plane have flown?
ditto
"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message om... | Purely from an academic standpoint, I'm curious why people go into remote | areas of a foreign country (particularly one like Mexico) without some way | of calling for help if they get stuck, not having made arrangements/contacts | with a local mechanic in case there were some kind of problem, etc. People | who can afford having an A&P come down to Mexico to fix a problem ought to | be able to afford a little planning ahead for eventualities just like this | one. Academically speaking, of course. | | Juan | | "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message | oups.com... | http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/ | | I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend and a truck | backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had a sat phone and | I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and swap it for me. | However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down seemed to | think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply academic point of | view I"m curious what you guys think. | | -Robert | | | | *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** | *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** |
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Would this plane have flown?
"Morgans" wrote in message ... "NW_PILOT" wrote I think it would have done OK! Yeah, I really trust your judgment. -- Jim in NC A lot of people have trusted my judgment all the airplanes I have delivered have all made their destination. Steven L. Rhine CP ASEL & AMEL Instrument Airplane CFI (Student) |
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Would this plane have flown?
not having made arrangements/contacts
with a local mechanic in case there were some kind of problem, etc Having a local mechanic work on your plane only solves 1/2 the problem because the plane is again illegal as soon as you get back to the states since you would need another log entry from a U.S. mechanic. I think its better to skip the Mexican mechanic and just have the A&P do the work and don't let the Mexicans find out. -Robert |
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Would this plane have flown?
Nobody can really tell just by looking at the picture. I would want a
look at the aileron attach points and control linkages - but that would be a flashlight-and-mirror deal. If they were OK, I would cheerfully sign the ferry premit and fly it. The damage to the aileron is superficial. Stay in the green arc and it will be OK. Do I know that beyond a shadow of a doubt? No. But as an A&P and engineer, I consider it so close to certainty that I would be willing to take the risk. Michael |
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