It will be a while before its looked at, in the meantime to satisfy depressive curiosity are these generally non-repairable parts
Correct, it is non repairable (if you want to buy a bust one I have one in the garage ...)
The whole Horizontal tail stab to replace in the UK is :-
To Remove Stabiliser Assy, Dismantle, Inspect and Reassemble with New Horizontal Stabiliser £ 170.00
To Paint Strip Crack, Check and Repaint as Required £ 170.00
Time Spent to Travel to Sheffield Airport and Inspect & Return
2 Hrs + 50 miles @ .42p/mile £ 106.00
Cost of new Stabilizer & Hardware £ 1,495.88
This includes and engineer driving 40 miles rtd to inspect and patch up the ripped end before the machine was flown into maintenance.
The cost of the parts and labour were not the issue. It was the month it took to get the parts from RHC during peak flying time (total revenue loss £5800) and then the time spent arguing with a certain airport to get them to pay up for the damage they caused.
In the end we reclaimed the cost of the work and parts, and consequential loss and recalimed all based charges paid while out of action and off site (all thanks to AOPA who helped).
So if you bust it you have the cost. If somebody else did it then you know the drill ....
h-r
