Pre-buy inspections

Tom-D

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You are trying to sell your aircraft, you have a perspective buyer, inspectors are chosen, and after your buyer has the inspection done, Inspection is complete, and your buyer begs off and you loose a sale.
This happens twice, different buyers same inspector.
Then you find that the inspector is telling your buyers the things he sees lead him to believe the aircraft has been wrecked and it is not in the logs.

When in fact you know that isn't true.

What now?
What recourse do you have?
 
Try to engage the inspector with your mechanic present to understand what he is seeing that leads him to that conclusion. Seek to understand.
 
Have a discussion with the inspector,see what he believes the problem to be and why. Ask him for proof of his findings. Get an inspection done by a different inspector.
 
I would have not agreed to the second inspection by the same inspector. Boggles the mind why anyone would.
 
frfly172 said:
Have a discussion with the inspector,see what he believes the problem to be and why. Ask him for proof of his findings. Get an inspection done by a different inspector.
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How is that going to rectify the problem?
 
Salty said:
I would have not agreed to the second inspection by the same inspector. Boggles the mind why anyone would.
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Because the seller wasn't told the cause of the buyer not buying.
 
Tom-D said:
Because the seller wasn't told the cause of the buyer not buying.
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Then the seller is an idiot for letting the same guy do another inspection without even asking him first what he found.
 
Tom-D said:
You are trying to sell your aircraft, you have a perspective buyer, inspectors are chosen, and after your buyer has the inspection done, Inspection is complete, and your buyer begs off and you loose a sale.
This happens twice, different buyers same inspector.
Then you find that the inspector is telling your buyers the things he sees lead him to believe the aircraft has been wrecked and it is not in the logs.

When in fact you know that isn't true.

What now?
What recourse do you have?
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Is the seller the original owner? If he is not, then he DOES NOT KNOW it is true or not.
 
frfly172 said:
Have a discussion with the inspector,see what he believes the problem to be and why. Ask him for proof of his findings. Get an inspection done by a different inspector.
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^^^^^^ Seen it happen twice. Acquaintance went to sell a Cessna, thought no damage history since it had one previous owner. A really sharp mechanic found where the wings had been replaced, over twenty years ago (that is how long the seller owned the plane!).

Tim
 
What if........ The inspector sees several minor cosmetic things and draws the wrong conclusion?
 
Tom-D said:
What recourse do you have
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Only recourse, if you want to save the original sale prospects, is approach the buyer(s) directly with documented facts.
 
Is it at all possible the inspector is right? Unless you've owned the airplane, how do you really know?

Move the plane to a different city where this inspector isn't going to be in play.
 
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