sad news

[slam555]

I have been flying my plane to a nearby airport to practice landings, after landing I taxied back to depart, on the takeoff run i lost control and the plane slid off the side of the runway. the grass looked high but smooth and I thought I'd be all right, little did I know that there was a 2' ditch in the grass, so I ended up nose down in soft mud. the wing tip didn't touch and the engine was at 400 rpm's low idle. but still I had the plane towed to a shop and my A&P looked at it, found the bent wheel strut, and was gearing up to rebuild my engine, WELL the insurrance company says they will total her. for a bent wheel strut and potential prop strike. theres nothing wrong with the engine or the crank. now t5he A&P says something is loose in the wing. so now I know they will total it.
it will be on the Mclarens aviation website for bid, new garman radio, good engine, compressions were 80-80-76-80 I have pics of it for the anual. I'm tired of this fight with this particular aircraft, so I won't be buying it back, but there are some great parts on it especially the engine, which was restarted and ran perfectly after the incident.

thanks to all those for their advice, I wish you all the best

[cfauxner]

Sad to read this! A real cautionary tale

[slam555]

Well the insurance company has had 3 people looking through the records and looking at the plane and all 3 said it was going to be scrapped. then a 4th guy called said they didn't want to handle it, so I got the settlement minus the salvage but plus the towing. so unless someone wants to buy it, I will be getting it flying the restoring it.
its been stressfull to say the least, and another lesson learned with the plane, I'm getting from the place where they towed it Sat afternoon,
on one hand I don't mind losing it, getting something different, but then again I've put a lot of work in this one and have had a lot of fun flying it, so a little more work won't hurt me.