Originally Posted by
43Inches
I know several pilots who needed to pay extra above the excess due to fault or being outside coverage limits, ie landing somewhere they should not.
Does forced ditching in the drink qualify as landing where you should not? Isn't insurance there to cover
unplanned situations?
Originally Posted by
43Inches
PS; apart from the obvious water damage the only significant panel damage appears to be the right outer leading edge, so it may fly again.
Covered in the interview (sighs). Would you install items removed from an airframe that had been totally immersed in salt water for over 12 hours? Was it tipped over, given a shake to let out all the water, and had a hair dryer blow out the water? Put in a plastic bag with some rice like you do with your cell phone? Maybe you could dip it in fish oil to prevent the internal panels from rusting, and re-certify it? Optional nose pegs for future passengers.
The insurance company will probably deem it a full write off, pay out in full, and then dispose of the salty bits by auction to recover the salvage value. This is where it gets murky, if the salty parts get put back into the spare parts system by some unscrupulous operator.