Folk,
I live in Canada, and I am at the final stage of buying an aircraft.
I will be doing a combined annual / prebuy for the final evaluation.
I have already checked cosmetic items (paint, interior, etc), and the owner has agreed to pay half the cost of the annual plus pay for any snags that need fixing for safety reasons.
SO....
Besides the standard annual items, what additional items should I ask for (and I pay separately, i.e. not 50/50 with owner) during the annual.
Basically, what checks would I get in a pre-buy that I don't get in an annual? Or rather what additional checks would you recommend if you were buying an aircraft and requesting an annual which was being used to also evaluate an aircraft for sale?
Fo example, the shop recommended spending 1000 bucks to pull a cylinder and check engine internals for rust?
BTW: I am the one authorizing / paying for the annual, and the shop reports directly back to me. The sales agreement specifies that failure to pay for snags, or non cosmetic safety work in excess of CAN$3000 will potentially cancel the agreement, at which time the owner assumes full responsibility for all annual costs, excluding any 'special' non annual work that I explicitly requested.
I live in Canada, and I am at the final stage of buying an aircraft.
I will be doing a combined annual / prebuy for the final evaluation.
I have already checked cosmetic items (paint, interior, etc), and the owner has agreed to pay half the cost of the annual plus pay for any snags that need fixing for safety reasons.
SO....
Besides the standard annual items, what additional items should I ask for (and I pay separately, i.e. not 50/50 with owner) during the annual.
Basically, what checks would I get in a pre-buy that I don't get in an annual? Or rather what additional checks would you recommend if you were buying an aircraft and requesting an annual which was being used to also evaluate an aircraft for sale?
Fo example, the shop recommended spending 1000 bucks to pull a cylinder and check engine internals for rust?
BTW: I am the one authorizing / paying for the annual, and the shop reports directly back to me. The sales agreement specifies that failure to pay for snags, or non cosmetic safety work in excess of CAN$3000 will potentially cancel the agreement, at which time the owner assumes full responsibility for all annual costs, excluding any 'special' non annual work that I explicitly requested.
