rdbroderson

To Jerry, Thanks for the Information

Did someone mention a Repair shop In Tennessee that they have had good luck with?

To Clarence. I certainly can appreciate your view on hangers and hanger groups. This happens to be my personal hanger and rarely have any one else's property stored. Once in a while someone will want a space for overnight or for a few days but at this particular time most planes have been moved to different airports and no planes can land until Nov 1 because of major airport and runway reconstruction. If I were a member of a hanger group I would like to think I would follow the rules. Everything you mentioned makes a lot of good sense and I will most likely change the rules for myself when I get back in the air. Thank You.

To Jim, I never have been an insurance fan but sometimes it comes back to bite you. I have always carried only required by law. I've saved a lot of money over 40 years. My wife goes crazy with the thought of no insurance on our house. We paid through the nose for 30 years on our old farm and ranch house and in the end we just decided to doze it away any way and build new. I asked her how many houses we have lost since this place was homesteaded. She said 0. I said their you go. If we lose something we will just build again. I have no Idea what insurance rates are doing on airplanes but I'm sure they are not going down. Kind of off the subject here but what the heck.

To Mark, Yes the plane is in Watford City, ND

To Greg, Interesting

To Hank, I guess I have no reason for starting in the hanger. It's just the way my dad did it and I just followed suit. Not a good Idea for sure.

To Mike. Thanks for getting the Beam, Column thing reviewed. I actually struck a steal column on the side of the hanger.

To Skip. If i do in fact get this plane in the air again I am planning on a firewall replacement. The two mechanics at our FBO are really discouraging me from moving forward on this project. Two many unknowns they say. Like a house remodel. You don't know what kind of damage you have until you get to the firewall.

I would be willing to bet that the frame structure got bent or twisted. Haven't really looked into it a lot yet other than remove the right Cowling cover, saw that the engine was pushed back. Enough to limit the forward motion of the stabilizer control.

Yes this is how I normally exit the hanger. I back it in. and place it where there is room. Luckily there were no other planes in the hanger. They were moved because they are doing an extensive update on our airport so the rest of the planes were moved to different locations. And yes I was north of 2000 when this happened but it was all so fast I didn't have time to react. The parking brake was off. Believe me I will power down if there is ever a next time and check out why my plane is not moving. Expensive lesson learned. The higher the cost of lessons the longer you remember them. No chalk blocks in place.

No there is no beam in the doorway. I was backed in at an angle and had my foot on the right peddle when this happened and ended up going right and struck the beam. Nice Work

Watford City,North Dakota

I had a very unusual mishap with my Mooney M20C. I was in my hanger and I was going to taxi out and for whatever reason the brakes were stuck and I didn't know it. I kept adding power to get the plane to move and all of a sudden the brakes released and the plane took off quire a high rate of speed. I did not have time to get the airplane under control before I crashed in to a hanger beam. So my prop is gone, engine is gone and my upper right engine mount went into my firewall. My left wingtip end also sustained a dent. No insurance. Economics is not involved here it is just a matter of putting the plane back into service. It is a family heirloom and was my fathers plane, and was promised to my daughter in due time. Kind of like restoring your grandmothers pipe organ after it has sat in the barn for 50 years and the mice have almost destroyed it, but we hired a professional and it is beautiful. I am wondering if my plane is even fixable mainly because of the damaged firewall. Insurance is not there and the money to repair it if possible is not an issue. Kind of like restoring old cars. I would just like to return it to the purpose it was made for. One unlucky pilot. Ronald Broderson