Landing Gear collapsed during taxi

[Bob_Belville]

5 minutes ago, jetdriven said:

Switch to 33 and you can grease the entire airframe except the jack screws. 

Byron, where can you use 33 that you can't use 22? I use 3 greases: AS 5 (wheel bearings), AS 7 (jack screw) and AS 22 (gear grease fittings).

[Hank]

I use 5 on the prop and 22 on the gear. Forget what's in the jackscrew . . .

[TheTurtle]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

I use 5 on the prop and 22 on the gear. Forget what's in the jackscrew . . .

Jack screw is supposed to be 7.  Unfortunately 7 is unobtanium right now.  spruce has been out of stock since September.

[Drumstick]

This aircraft is listed for a salvage bid on Trade a Plane.  Does this mean the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss?  This couldn't be that complicated of a repair considering how many Mooneys are sold after they have been landed gear up... 

[ArtVandelay]

This aircraft is listed for a salvage bid on Trade a Plane.  Does this mean the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss?  This couldn't be that complicated of a repair considering how many Mooneys are sold after they have been landed gear up... 

There is another thread about a C being listed as a fixer upper, if this C requires an overhaul and new prop, that alone will result in more money being put in than you sell it. Airframes are basically worthless.

[mooniac15u]

23 minutes ago, Drumstick said:

This aircraft is listed for a salvage bid on Trade a Plane.  Does this mean the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss?  This couldn't be that complicated of a repair considering how many Mooneys are sold after they have been landed gear up... 

It's not complicated, just expensive. When the repair estimate hits 80% of the hull value they will salvage it. 

[Hank]

1 hour ago, mooniac15u said:

It's not complicated, just expensive. When the repair estimate hits 80% of the hull value they will salvage it. 

I thought it was 70% . . . Either way, an engine overhaul, new prop, belly, blinker, step, antennas and flap hinges are  other cheap anymore.

[mooniac15u]

12 hours ago, Hank said:

I thought it was 70% . . . Either way, an engine overhaul, new prop, belly, blinker, step, antennas and flap hinges are  other cheap anymore.

There may be differences between insurance companies but it was definitely 80% with Chartis/AIG in 2013.  They would pay for an engine teardown inspection at about half the cost of an overhaul plus a new prop.  Those items were expensive but labor costs were the killer.