Guest Posted February 11, 2022 Report Posted February 11, 2022 Looking for recommendations on a good shop for a wing repair in Southern Florida. A client of mine had an airplane taxi into his J model today and will be needing a major repair or replacement. Clarence Quote
ArtVandelay Posted February 11, 2022 Report Posted February 11, 2022 There’s a shop at KFPR that seems to specialize in major repairs with planes showing up in pieces and leaving looking new. But they mostly work on small commercial jets, but I’ve seen them work on several smaller GA planes. But I have no first hand information. Quote
EricJ Posted February 11, 2022 Report Posted February 11, 2022 Jeebuz, seems like an awful lot of taxi accidents lately, or maybe they're just becoming more evident. Quote
Guest Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, philiplane said: what airport is this at? I believe that it’s in Naples. Clarence Quote
dlthig Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 Day-yum! That's with 2 syllables if you aren't Southern. Quote
philiplane Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, M20Doc said: I believe that it’s in Naples. Clarence Rex Air at Naples is reputable. Call them to see if they can take this on. They mostly do Cirrus work these days, but they work on all types. https://rexair.net/maintenance/ Quote
Guest Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 10 hours ago, dlthig said: Day-yum! That's with 2 syllables if you aren't Southern. I’m northern where we speak the Queen’s English! Clarence Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, M20Doc said: I’m northern where we speak the Queen’s English! Clarence What about all those French speakers? They are harder to understand than the southerners. 1 Quote
dlthig Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 In any language. It isn't going to be cheap, easy or fast. Quote
aviatoreb Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 13 hours ago, M20Doc said: Looking for recommendations on a good shop for a wing repair in Southern Florida. A client of mine had an airplane taxi into his J model today and will be needing a major repair or replacement. Clarence Its not Florida but I saw more than one airplane in the shop in AirMods in NJ of comparable or worse that came out well fixed - the shop owner Dave is a magician with major repairs and Mooneys especially. Quote
Eight8Victor Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 14 hours ago, M20Doc said: Looking for recommendations on a good shop for a wing repair in Southern Florida. A client of mine had an airplane taxi into his J model today and will be needing a major repair or replacement. Clarence Tough luck, all repair facilities are empty as we all have covid here in FL. 1 Quote
Bravoman Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 How does something like that happen? Was the pilot distracted ( or not paying attention) or somehow loose control? Quote
Brandt Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, Bravoman said: How does something like that happen? Was the pilot distracted ( or not paying attention) or somehow loose control? Probably a Cirrus. Safety conscious pilot likely pulled the chute but it didn’t prevent the accident…though wife was relieved…. 1 Quote
dlthig Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 I'm guessing hand-prop that got away. Possibly a mechanical failure. Quote
pirate Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 This is sad to see, hope everything works out for him. Quote
Schllc Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 Pretty much has to be repaired where it is right? I’m not sure that would get a ferry permit, much less anyone willing to try a new fly it.... (Edited to announce sarcasm in above....) naples air center or Rexair, both are crazy busy right now so I don’t envy this guy. probably best to try and get a new wing. Quote
carusoam Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 See what is going on with Jake… at Daytona… Haven’t heard from @jclemens in a while… -a- Quote
carusoam Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 For a similar project going on a the same time… but much smaller scale. -a- Quote
Guest Posted February 12, 2022 Report Posted February 12, 2022 9 hours ago, Eight8Victor said: Tough luck, all repair facilities are empty as we all have covid here in FL. It must be a very strong variant, it’s lasted for weeks since the outbreak on the golf courses! Clarence Quote
xcrmckenna Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 Dang! 7 months ago I had a runaway 172 hit my plane. Did half that amount of damage to my wing. Hope he isn’t dealing with Old Republic adjusters, haven’t even started work on my plane because they haven’t authorized anything yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
ArtVandelay Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 Dang! 7 months ago I had a runaway 172 hit my plane. Did half that amount of damage to my wing. Hope he isn’t dealing with Old Republic adjusters, haven’t even started work on my plane because they haven’t authorized anything yet. Really! I guess that’s why they cheapest insurance? Have you tried repeatedly calling them, I’d ask for a supervisor, that’s ridiculous. Quote
Guest Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 6 hours ago, xcrmckenna said: Dang! 7 months ago I had a runaway 172 hit my plane. Did half that amount of damage to my wing. Hope he isn’t dealing with Old Republic adjusters, haven’t even started work on my plane because they haven’t authorized anything yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sorry to here of your troubles, I can’t believe that they haven’t dealt with your repairs after so long. I’m not sure how this one will be handled. The plane is Canadian, so Canadian insurance, but who the adjuster will be is a guess. This one was hit by another airplane while holding short for take off. A friend of mine in Naples is going to look it over to see how bad it is. Clarence Quote
jclemens Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 I spoke with the unfortunate owner this morning. We can fix it, the problem is moving it. De-mating the wing to and transporting it will add 20K to the repair cost. I only trust one company to do that and they are as busy as can be, as are we. 1 Quote
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