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cfbflyer(at)localnet.com Guest
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: plane sale |
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The time to hang up the head set has finally arrived for me
So due to the liability exposure I'm going to scrap my non flying 10 year
old 600 hour
mod 4 with 582 engine
If any one wants it for parts its free if you pick it up , I cannot deliver
it
There are no log books or parts lists or registration
Its as is where is
Location is Kingston , NY
cfbflyer(at)localnet.com
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Bob
Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 89 Location: Damascus, Maryland, USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: Re: plane sale |
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That's quite an offer, but it may be enlightening to talk to the folks at EAA HQ before letting the plane be broken.
Many liability suits against homebuilders of the lighter lower-cost airplanes like ours have largely fizzled because our pockets are too shallow. Of course, your finances may vary and you can get sued by somebody down the road for anything. The fact is that the potential liability for selling one of your Kitfox instruments that a jury is later wrongly persuaded to blame for an accident (example: the Governor Carnahan accident) is pretty much the same as if your intact airplane were flown into a tree.
One of the things that benefits us is that courts consider "assumed risk" of people getting into the airplane. If somebody climbs into a Lancair IV-P or an RV-7/-9, they might persuade a court that they assumed it was as safe as an American Eagle turboprop. If somebody got into a fabric covered homebuilt taildragger that weighs less than a Honda Goldwing, especially out of a dirt field where Kitfoxes frequent, no jury in the land will buy that argument.
If my last name was Forbes, I'd make sure the airplane was burned 100% to ashes or donate it to a museum. However, homebuilders have generally been found to be so small financially that the attorneys are going straight after the deeper pocket insurance companies of component suppliers like Rotax or the airport, especially if the plane was built to plans.
Not trying to start a big liability thread, or one about lawyers, or what people think of lawsuits, as those have been hashed and re-hashed. Just suggesting a phone call. Sometimes it's good to be the little fish.
Bob
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cfbflyer(at)localnet.com Guest
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: plane sale |
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I want to thank everyone who offer to take my plane or offered advice
I never expected to get a response like that to my offer, I didn't think
there would many
people interested in an old used plane. my count is 58 replies
I decided to pass it on to a club group thinking more people would get some
use from the
parts that way.
Have a good day Charlie
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