Not a good day for someone.

[wilkersk]

This is the scene I came upon yesterday when I took a break from the crap show in my hangar. Don't know what happened, but a friend said the little tan/brown Pacer underneath had just been restored. The white Stinson apparently was airborne when it dropped a wing and nosed into the parked aircraft. Amazingly, no injuries that I know of.

 

[wheaties]

Damn, I feel for the pacer owner. Not going to get the time value put into a restoration of that type if bird.

 

[Shepherd]

Crap. I feel for both of them.

 

[Warlock]

I feel the Pacer pain…spent a week preparing my kids car, new tires…servicing that kind of thing and shipping it to Alaska…just found out it was destroyed by baseball size hail In Colorado on the top rack of a car carrier going 70mph, no longer has windows and large dents…not even close to a restored airplane…now I have a destroyed car in Fairbanks…

 

[NoHeat]

Does it look like the high-wing has a lot of nose-down trim? That would be uncommon for takeoff and landing.

 

[Mikey B]

I feel the Pacer pain…spent a week preparing my kids car, new tires…servicing that kind of thing and shipping it to Alaska…just found out it was destroyed by baseball size hail In Colorado on the top rack of a car carrier going 70mph, no longer has windows and large dents…not even close to a restored airplane…now I have a destroyed car in Fairbanks…

Wait a minute ... it was destroyed by a storm en route in Colorado, but they took it all the way to Alaska anyway?

 

[Zeldman]

it was destroyed by a storm en route in Colorado, but they took it all the way to Alaska anyway?

I am guessing it was contracted to be delivered in Alaska, not Colorado.

The question now is which insurance company will take care of it, the shipper or shippee.

 

[Warlock]

Neither the Comack amendment in some federal legislation reduces liability to zero if it’s an interstate shipment…and an act of god. I lost care custody and control the moment I signed a bill of lading…I was told it was 100% insured and the carrier had a Cargo Policy but the insurance company is stating this in writing with a denial letter. I thought I knew insurance…let the litigation begin. Shipping broker was the one who made the 100% insured representation. It’s a real mess. It was contracted to Alaska cause the kid is at Ellison AFB just happened in Colorado. Tried to intervene but the shippers all went dark until it showed up in AK.

 

[Zeldman]

Yeah, I feel for ya, bud. I met some newlyweds moving to Alaska and not get their stuff for 3 months. I advised them they might report their furniture as stolen, but the transport company even had that in the contract as not responsible. Since they were moving in the fall, the transport company put everything in storage waiting for a full load to go to Alaska.

 

[Jeff767]

Always ship a car enclosed if it has value!

 

[Mooneymayhem]

That Stinson used to belong to my grandfather, it was the first GA plane I ever flew/ rode in. I guess the current owner just finished rebuilding it and the engine only had about 3 hours on it..sad to see it all stacked up