Pre-Buy Inspection

[The-Flying-Lawyer]

What are the top three things you'd want to check before buying this beauty?

(wrong answers only please)

https://desmoines.craigslist.org/avd/d/pella-old-airplane/6961163689.html

 

[unsafervguy]

your sanity, he is about 1850 to high on the price. what is aluminum going for at the scrap yard nowdays?

 

[CharlieD3]

Call Sky King. He'll put that poor thing out of its misery.

 

[jaxcessnadriver]

Is it ADSB compliant?

 

[benyflyguy]

When was last annual?? Had it been flown regularly

 

[Cluemeister]

Is the dead tree branch included in the sales price?

 

[jsstevens]

Are the avionics included?

 

[Rgbeard]

Can it be fitted with a chute?

 

[TopDollar]

Has it always been hangared?

*No tire kickers* *I know what I have*

 

[Ravioli]

Any known damage history? <- For the win!

 

[RyanB]

Looks like it’d make a nice airplane.

 

[WannFly]

does it have AOA? --> didnt look like it from the end result

 

[Silvaire]

You really think I'm gonna answer questions about a pre-buy inspection from a guy called The-Flying-Lawyer?

 

[midwestpa24]

I'm surprised at the number of instruments still in the panel for a salvage airplane. Those are usually the first thing ripped out.

FWIW, I know a guy in Pella for your pre-buy.

 

[FormerHangie]

What happened to the cabin windows?

 

[midwestpa24]

What happened to the cabin windows?

Looks like they were masked or painted over to give them a round appearance. I know it threw me too, didn't recognize what it was initially.

 

[FormerHangie]

I'd check with the wife first.

Is she an A & P? If so, you married very well.

 

[denverpilot]

What?! No “fresh annual”? LOL.

 

[ChemGuy]

Will fly with ferry permit.

Or is that Fairy Dust...cant remember

 

[Crashnburn]

That'll buff right out.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

It would be awesome to install my sim in that thing. Of course, I'd need to upgrade my computer, and add more screens, and maybe a better yoke and pedals, and it would take one whole bay of my garage. Minor concerns.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Looks like they were masked or painted over to give them a round appearance. I know it threw me too, didn't recognize what it was initially.

Yeah, same, I was googling "aztec porthole windows".

 

[ktup-flyer]

It’s a Piper...it was junk when it left the factory

 

[frfly172]

Does it come with a ferry permit?

 

[texasclouds]

Choot it Elizabeth! Needs moar tannerite.