I'm considering the purchase of a low-hour kit plane. The kit was made in about 1994, but not completed until 2008. The Rotax engine has just a few hundred hours on it, but is past its 15-year TBO. The engine is running well and there is no reason to think the lengthy storage was harmful.
Question: does running an engine past its TBO time (but well below its original hourly threshold) screw up insurance coverage??
Thanks
Purchasing(and insuring) a low-hour mid-90's engine/aircraft
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Don't know about the insurance. I think the only authoritative source of information would be the policy itself.
For your own piece of mind, you should at least see that all the 5 year time limit rubber parts are replaced. If the engine is a 912, you can find a list of them in the Line Maintenance Manual.
For your own piece of mind, you should at least see that all the 5 year time limit rubber parts are replaced. If the engine is a 912, you can find a list of them in the Line Maintenance Manual.