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Old 07-22-2012, 06:11 PM
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...consider Jay Pratt who owns and runs RV Central at Hicks airfield in Texas, the same field DR and other RV guys fly from.

Good luck
Jay Pratt is very competent and Hicks is quite near where Doug Reeves is based at Northwest Regional Airport.
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Old 07-22-2012, 06:19 PM
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Yes, Hicks (where Jay lives) is about a five minute RV flight from my field.
Great guy....I'd give him the shirt off my back if he needed it.

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Old 07-22-2012, 06:32 PM
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Russ -
Thanks The insurance stated that to be totaled the repair cost has to be 80% of insured value. I wonder if there is a law on this?

PerfTech -
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I don't know if there's a law but after getting a quote it could very well be 80%, labor aint cheap and your paying someone to basically build you a new airplane. neither are parts. Best of luck either way!
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Old 07-23-2012, 09:06 AM
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on insurance likely to total plane on results of estimates. Further insurance adjuster knows from experience that often there is concealed damage beyond initial estimates. This can be another 10% over initial estimate. Also they don't want someone to die in plane after they are involved in a huge rebuild. My plane was totalled last year and very probably had less damage than yours. My coverage was $75,000. Ins gave us a check for coverage amount. They did not try in any way to weasel out. Insured by Global Aerospace thru Falcon (EAA) they were great. Only had the coverage for 10 months, had used AIG for the prior 8 years. AIG had a near miss on this, and after their debacle on investment mismanagement they deserved the loss. Reminder that life is not always fair.
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Old 07-23-2012, 10:23 AM
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on insurance likely to total plane on results of estimates. Further insurance adjuster knows from experience that often there is concealed damage beyond initial estimates. This can be another 10% over initial estimate. Also they don't want someone to die in plane after they are involved in a huge rebuild. My plane was totalled last year and very probably had less damage than yours. My coverage was $75,000. Ins gave us a check for coverage amount. They did not try in any way to weasel out. Insured by Global Aerospace thru Falcon (EAA) they were great. Only had the coverage for 10 months, had used AIG for the prior 8 years. AIG had a near miss on this, and after their debacle on investment mismanagement they deserved the loss. Reminder that life is not always fair.
Did they offer you a chance to buy the salvage to rebuild yourself? Or at least components like instrumentation that were not damaged?
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Old 07-23-2012, 11:09 AM
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Sorry to hear about this mishap. GLAD you are ok. Sounds like you were VERY lucky. If I send you $5, would you go purchase lottery tickets? I will split the winnings with you 50/50!!

Hindsight being 20/20, would you have done anything different after the engine quit? How about after you made contact with the runway? Did you lock up the brakes?

I am sure you have pictures...care to share any with us? Helping others learn from this mishap is extremely honorable.
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Old 07-23-2012, 11:32 AM
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Very sorry you have having to deal with the mental and financial fallout from your accident.

I agree with a couple of the above posters, you should do everything possible to have your plane totaled. I suspect that is how the insurance carrier will see it without being prompted once repair estimates are in hand, but you definitely want a large check instead of a plane with major damage history.

From your description, this will be a very, very expensive repair considering airframe and engine rebuild. Hang in there and collect documentation to support your intentions to have the plane totaled. There are a lot of nice planes on the market and you will be able to replace it with a "clean" RV.

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Old 07-23-2012, 11:45 AM
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What Sam said ....... you will be happy and will have a clean plane no damage history in the end .....
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Old 07-31-2012, 12:26 AM
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Thanks all -

Tkatc,
I did try the lottery thing, but I guess I used up all my luck.
As far as what I learned, I will,,,,,,, practice long glides to airports more often,,, go back and read "Stick and Rudder" again,,,, practice the idea of hitting the spot on a runway when you have a 9kt tail wnd pushing you,,,,, practice slips all the time to better control speed with head wind and tail wind..... do more practice with tail wind something I never did before yet in an emergency you may have to do a streight in with a tail wind,, head wind now seems like cheating... will never hesitate to use flaps while going above flap speed if it is an emergency..

As far as safty, carry an army shovel to be able to dig out of an upside down plane,,, just in case the plexiglass does not break, have a plan to be able to break the plexiglas so as not to be trapped, alawys carry a fire extenguisher just in case possibly a hand held radio..
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