Good day all,
I've had my eye on an experimental for sale recently. It's a nice plane, but of course, when you buy someone else's handiwork, you get the pleasure of taking it to an A&P for its annual condition inspection. There are plenty of stories about working with your mechanic to get an annual completed, but I'm curious what others' experience has been with this. I know we have at least a couple of A&Ps here, so especially happy to hear your input.
Cutting to the chase, I got my Maule out of annual last week and just received the invoice. Needless to say, I'm still a bit in shock. Granted, I know that my plane needed some expensive work done to it (exhaust rebuild/overhaul, spinner backplate needed weld repairs, new brakes, etc.) and it's certificated so I have that going for me. Next year's annual will probably be in the "normal" price range. But being certificated, the A&P needs to do the work (or oversee the owner-assisted annual), and an IA needs to sign it off.
So when it comes to having the annual condition inspection done on an experimental, does the A&P just give you a list of things discovered and the owner has the option of fixing them? What's the typical protocol there?
Appreciate your input,
Chris
I've had my eye on an experimental for sale recently. It's a nice plane, but of course, when you buy someone else's handiwork, you get the pleasure of taking it to an A&P for its annual condition inspection. There are plenty of stories about working with your mechanic to get an annual completed, but I'm curious what others' experience has been with this. I know we have at least a couple of A&Ps here, so especially happy to hear your input.
Cutting to the chase, I got my Maule out of annual last week and just received the invoice. Needless to say, I'm still a bit in shock. Granted, I know that my plane needed some expensive work done to it (exhaust rebuild/overhaul, spinner backplate needed weld repairs, new brakes, etc.) and it's certificated so I have that going for me. Next year's annual will probably be in the "normal" price range. But being certificated, the A&P needs to do the work (or oversee the owner-assisted annual), and an IA needs to sign it off.
So when it comes to having the annual condition inspection done on an experimental, does the A&P just give you a list of things discovered and the owner has the option of fixing them? What's the typical protocol there?
Appreciate your input,
Chris
