421C down in Washington State

That is amazing that a non-instrument rated pilot could get insurance
in a 421. I wanted to partner with a non-instrument rated pilot in my
Mooney and the broker almost laughed.

Why?

Mary and I have priced insurance in all sorts of planes. Neither of us are
instrument rated, and insurance costs are only marginally higher.

Now a 421 is whole different kettle of fish -- but a Mooney? 10 hours of
instruction, and we're in.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Why?
I can't read the minds of the insurance co's so I'll pass on that.

Mary and I have priced insurance in all sorts of planes. Neither of us are
instrument rated, and insurance costs are only marginally higher.

The final quote was an additional $1200/yr for the lack of an
instrument rating. However, he did have a commercial. He did have
Mooney time.
For a pilot low time w/o retactable time the quote was an additional
$2000 the first year.

-Robert

I wanted to partner with a non-instrument rated pilot in my
Mooney and the broker almost laughed.
Why?

Ok, I'll take a guess. You can run into a lot more weather at 200knots
than 110knots in a C172???

-Robert

I wanted to partner with a non-instrument rated pilot in my
Mooney and the broker almost laughed.
Why?

Ok, I'll take a guess. You can run into a lot more weather at 200knots
than 110knots in a C172???

The point is, that's a good theory, but it's not borne out by the numbers.

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:




The point is, that's a good theory, but it's not borne out by the numbers.

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.

That has been my experience. It would have cost more to insure a 206
limited to four seats than my Bonanza costs for 6 seats.

On 2006-01-28, Jay Honeck wrote:

Mary and I can get insurance in a Mooney tomorrow (with ~10 hours training,
due to our lack of complex time), for not a lot more than we're paying now,
and we're both VFR pilots.

I got insurance in a Comanche as a VFR pilot. However, the terms
specifically required 10 hours of instrument training before solo.
I already had some (more than 5, less than 10) hours in type plus
a little other retract and high perf time.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/