How much was your 2018 Annual (or Condition) Inspection?

How much did your 2018 Annual or Condition Inspection cost?

  • 0 - 1000

    Votes: 28 37.8%

  • 1000 - 2000

    Votes: 13 17.6%

  • 2000- 3000

    Votes: 12 16.2%

  • 3000 - 4000

    Votes: 6 8.1%

  • 4000 - 5000

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • OVER 5000

    Votes: 9 12.2%

  • I can't answer because my spouse reads this forum

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Why do people ask about my annual? I don't get the joke

    Votes: 4 5.4%
  • Total voters
    74
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I just wrote the check for Candy's Condition inspection.

The entry price for my cute little girl is $900. I guessed it was going to be closer to $2500 based on some requests I made.

The IFR bit took a bite... Check was for $3,800.00

I'm going to start a go fund me account to buy fuel!
 
About $200, labor was free. I need to start charging more
 
Bill was $500, I paid $1000.
 
Flat rate on a 6 place single retract is $2k here...... then add labor and parts for what's broken or gets upgraded. I always upgrade something while it's in pieces. This years it was about $4k all in.
 
the inspection was free....but the parts did cost north of $7,000. o_O
 
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Three days' labor and $35 for brake pads.

Next year will be pricier, as the ADS-B out and autopilot servos will be installed at annual. :eek:
 
$400, nothing to repair or replace.
 
I replaced 4 automotive plugs and changed the oil and filter. $50 total. Plus a weekend of my time.
 
kyleb said:
I replaced 4 automotive plugs and changed the oil and filter. $50 total. Plus a weekend of my time.
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Sounds like an oil change, not an annual....?
 
1200
Which has been about what it’s been since I bought her, plus or minus brake pads or oil or a ELT battery.

I did add on a few things not required that brought it up to 2kish

Most of the big money stuff are things I want to do, not need to do. Thankfully skywagons are pretty simple planes
 
How many people here can separate the maintenance done from the inspection completed?
 
kyleb said:
I replaced 4 automotive plugs and changed the oil and filter. $50 total. Plus a weekend of my time.
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Sounds like some one blew off the inspection.
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
Three days' labor and $35 for brake pads.

Next year will be pricier, as the ADS-B out and autopilot servos will be installed at annual. :eek:
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Show me where 43-D requires you to replace avionics
 
Tom-D said:
Sounds like some one blew off the inspection.
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A weekend is blowing it off?

How many hours did you bill on your last annual of a simple airplane with no squawks?
 
kyleb said:
A weekend is blowing it off?

How many hours did you bill on your last annual of a simple airplane with no squawks?
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Just spent 3 weeks on an annual.
The owner didn't think he had any discrepancies
 
MIFlyer said:
On a tbone????


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Heavy Owner-assist and a little informal barter arrangement with the A&P (he gets free instruction from me, he's generous with his A&P time).
 
Tom-D said:
Just spent 3 weeks on an annual.
The owner didn't think he had any discrepancies
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I didn't ask about discrepancies.

Again: How many hours did you bill for your last annual on a simple airplane with no squawks?
 
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I have no clue what the final bill was. And Dad ain't sayin'. Here's a little back story:
I've paid for 100% of the past 3 annuals to the tune of about $350-$400 for the most expensive one. (I did all the work, and bought all the parts)
Well, In May, I flew out to TX to visit Dad, and let him play with the airplane for a while. Annual was due in July.
WX prevented getting it back here in time for annual inspection. So we elected to have it done there. Quote was $600
plus whatever was found. End result was an intake gasket, trim barrel, and jackscrew, and gascolator gasket. Then, he decided to replace the
baffle seals. (which I have on hand and was going to replace at annual anyway). So, I sent a check for half the annual cost, but as to the extras,
I've no clue, and Dad ain't sayin'. He told me that I'd footed 100% of the bill for the past 3 years, it is his turn. :rolleyes:
Now dang it!! he's spending my inheritance!! ;) :D But what do you expect from a 19 year old?
 
Ravioli said:
I just wrote the check for Candy's Condition inspection.

The entry price for my cute little girl is $900. I guessed it was going to be closer to $2500 based on some requests I made.

The IFR bit took a bite... Check was for $3,800.00

I'm going to start a go fund me account to buy fuel!
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I assume you didn't build her and don't have the repairmans cert? Sounds like a lot.
 
$1750, until I added my personal squawks which then shot it up to about $3300
 
455 Bravo Uniform said:
$1750, until I added my personal squawks which then shot it up to about $3300
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Repairing deferred maintenance is not a portion of the inspection.
I'm not required by 43-D to fix any thing.
To prove this, think how many times during a owner assisted annual, the inspector finds the discrepancy and some one else repairs it.
Think who signs off the inspection, and who makes the RTS entry?
 
Tom-D said:
Show me where 43-D requires you to replace avionics
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Didn't say that those items would be part of the annual...only that next year would be more expensive.

A lot easier to install servos, etc. when the aircraft is partially disassembled already.
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
Didn't say that those items would be part of the annual...only that next year would be more expensive.

A lot easier to install servos, etc. when the aircraft is partially disassembled already.
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When you are not inferring they are part of the inspection, why include them in your answer?
many here think an annual really is a 13 month maintenance period, just because the write one check .
 
retpd2001 said:
I assume you didn't build her and don't have the repairmans cert? Sounds like a lot.
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Correct. All my maintenance is done by my A&P. Some would say I should even have the flying done by a capable pilot, but that's another thread. :)

about $1k was getting the IFR certification done. Many leaks in the static system, and the backup altimeter needed some attention.

I also had a couple of optional items addressed while everything was open, including installing the crotch straps for the 5 point Hookers. [That might not sound right]
 
No idea what the annual cost, I know that between the engine overhaul and things I keep updating I'm pushing $40K on the airplane so far this year.

The overhaul looks like it is around $26K since I went with all new cylinders. But things added were wingtips with LED landing/taxi/recognition lights at $3400, New alternator at $800, New vacuum pump, new Alaska Bushwheels tailwheel and 1 1/8" tail spring, new 10" x 10" ABI wheels and 29" tires, etc..

There is also a new 406 ELT in there somewhere and I'm sure I forgot a few things.
 
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