Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
Well, I'm glad the plane was fully insured...
The additional items beyond the repair estimate (below) that we know about and are watching are paint touch-up -- essentially every upper surface on the plane, plus the fin and rudder; and any propeller work beyond the funky leading edge corrosion, far beyond normal abrasion. Paint matching and touch-up should be less than $10K; and the propeller will be zero if it's okay, $10K to replace. (Anybody got a great deal on a new Hartzell constant speed for an O-320?)
So... Estimate from the shop is $13K; and $2.3K to Garmin for fixed price service to clean out any soot that might have crept in to the cooling air channels in the GTN and the transponder. Probably a few other little things.
It looks like all this will come in maybe under $25K, but there might be $10K more if the prop doesn't pass muster.
This level of repair is to get rid of all smoke and soot-induced corrosion, but it is not to put the plane in concours condition. Smokey has a thousand hours on her, so she's past the looking-like-brand-new stage.
The plane is airworthy now (after they check the prop corrosion) because the corrosion has only just started and it will take a while before the corrosion grows to dangerous levels. The shop will work on the plane but no longer at AOG priority. My guess is that completing everything may take a few months, but I'll be able to fly it when they're not working on it.
Looking back at comments on the previous post, there were a number of enthusiastic comments unhindered by fact....
UPDATE: The leading edge of the prop dressed out satisfactorily, so the prop does not need to go to the prop shop nor be replaced. One less hassle to deal with!!
The additional items beyond the repair estimate (below) that we know about and are watching are paint touch-up -- essentially every upper surface on the plane, plus the fin and rudder; and any propeller work beyond the funky leading edge corrosion, far beyond normal abrasion. Paint matching and touch-up should be less than $10K; and the propeller will be zero if it's okay, $10K to replace. (Anybody got a great deal on a new Hartzell constant speed for an O-320?)
So... Estimate from the shop is $13K; and $2.3K to Garmin for fixed price service to clean out any soot that might have crept in to the cooling air channels in the GTN and the transponder. Probably a few other little things.
It looks like all this will come in maybe under $25K, but there might be $10K more if the prop doesn't pass muster.
This level of repair is to get rid of all smoke and soot-induced corrosion, but it is not to put the plane in concours condition. Smokey has a thousand hours on her, so she's past the looking-like-brand-new stage.
The plane is airworthy now (after they check the prop corrosion) because the corrosion has only just started and it will take a while before the corrosion grows to dangerous levels. The shop will work on the plane but no longer at AOG priority. My guess is that completing everything may take a few months, but I'll be able to fly it when they're not working on it.
Looking back at comments on the previous post, there were a number of enthusiastic comments unhindered by fact....
UPDATE: The leading edge of the prop dressed out satisfactorily, so the prop does not need to go to the prop shop nor be replaced. One less hassle to deal with!!
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