AvBuyer Magazine - July 2018

here are some common pitfalls

regarding aircraft damage that unwary

buyers can walk right in to. There are

also protective measures that can be

taken to help avoid these. Firstly, a buyer needs to

take a pragmatic approach.

Past Damage Impact on Future Operations?

If the aircraft you’re considering buying has past

repair history, does that history have any potential

to increase the requirements for maintenance,

downtime and costs going forwards?

Let’s imagine an aircraft previously suffered the

effects of hail damage. If the aircraft had parts

removed and replaced by a factory-

owned/authorized service center, the chances are

that it would have no impact on the future

maintenance costs and will not require any

additional maintenance inspections specific to

those repairs.

On the other hand, maybe there were some

more significant repairs required, or repairs

undertaken outside of the factory-owned/

authorized center which required specialist

engineering, and/or installation of additional parts

like ‘doublers’ that provide increased structural

integrity to the airframe. Though often these

repairs are done correctly, and the integrity of the

aircraft is as good (if not better) than the original

design, this should still be confirmed prior to

purchase.

Sometimes previous repairs require ongoing,

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56 AVBUYERMAGAZINE– July 2018 http://www.AVBUYER.com Aircraft Index see Page 129

The concern over aircraft damage history is two-fold: There’s

the impact that damage history has on an aircraft operationally,

and the impact on resale value. Following, Jet Tolbert discusses

how aircraft buyers can protect themselves from these...

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