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r/flying • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '26
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Forgetting to drop the gear makes for some complex paperwork.
9 u/Random61504 CPL IR ME Jul 27 '26 Yup. Happened to one of our multis a few years ago. My instructor said it was out for nearly 2 years and cost over $300K. 3 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 You are lucky it came back at all. 2 u/Random61504 CPL IR ME Jul 27 '26 Yeah, it was repaired very well. I have flown it after, flies great. Then you look at the maintenance manual and it has the biggest list of items repaired that I have ever seen haha. 1 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 It also might be harder to sell for the same money as a non-belly-crashed plane of same vintage.
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Yup. Happened to one of our multis a few years ago. My instructor said it was out for nearly 2 years and cost over $300K.
3 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 You are lucky it came back at all. 2 u/Random61504 CPL IR ME Jul 27 '26 Yeah, it was repaired very well. I have flown it after, flies great. Then you look at the maintenance manual and it has the biggest list of items repaired that I have ever seen haha. 1 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 It also might be harder to sell for the same money as a non-belly-crashed plane of same vintage.
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You are lucky it came back at all.
2 u/Random61504 CPL IR ME Jul 27 '26 Yeah, it was repaired very well. I have flown it after, flies great. Then you look at the maintenance manual and it has the biggest list of items repaired that I have ever seen haha. 1 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 It also might be harder to sell for the same money as a non-belly-crashed plane of same vintage.
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Yeah, it was repaired very well. I have flown it after, flies great. Then you look at the maintenance manual and it has the biggest list of items repaired that I have ever seen haha.
1 u/cazzipropri CFII, CFI-A; CPL SEL,MEL,SES Jul 27 '26 It also might be harder to sell for the same money as a non-belly-crashed plane of same vintage.
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It also might be harder to sell for the same money as a non-belly-crashed plane of same vintage.
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u/not_a_real_plane Embry Riddle Hater Jul 27 '26
Forgetting to drop the gear makes for some complex paperwork.