"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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On 9 Aug 2006 16:23:00 -0700, wrote:

My Beech Sundowner sustained some hail damage a few weeks ago. About
15 planes on the ramp (IJD) were hit. I have a fist sized hole in one
wingtip and all the control surfaces are dimpled. There's a few on the
wing tops and fuse top, but you really have to look in the right light
to see them. Tail cone and stab tips also show light damage.

What's a real shame is this plane didn't have a mark on it. Had been
painted about 4 years ago and looked real sharp. But the reality is,
aside from the wingtip, you don't notice the dimpling, I'd say most of
it is light to moderate - perfectly airworthy.

My A&P is doing up an estimate now and is guessing about 15K, which
includes reskinning all the control surfaces. Insured hull value is
46K.

$15k probably is a good estimate.

$10k for a new paint job with all the bondo work to fill the hail
dents on the body and wings.

Bondo???? I am not being sarcastic. Is this crap actually used in aircraft
repair?
10K sounds about right for decent paint job without sheet metal repair.

$5k to reskin the ailerons, flaps, and elevators is light, but not out
of the ballpark.

I had to reskin one aileron on a 182 and 5K to reskin, paint and balance all
control surfaces seems pretty inexpensive. My understanding from the
original post was that the $15K was for reskinning control surfaces which
seems about right.

If the work is done correctly, the plane will look better out of the
shop than it did before the hail. This should help offset the value
of having reskinning entries in the logbook.

-Nathan

Howard