Renting ?'s

$25k of hull insurance?

Sure. It's what I carry. A nice Cub can be had for under $30,000.
Besides, the instruments will probably survive the crash

My instructor carries $15K. He's even more optimistic about systems
surviving than I am. Besides, he reckons that he can risk some of his
own money in there.

(We don't have a minimum. We are required to be insured, that's all. I
think the airport is mostly interested in covering its own deductible;
it will let the two insurance companies argue about the details.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Cub Driver wrote:

A nice Cub can be had for under $30,000.

Nice Cub and Under $30K do not go together. Period.

My FBO recommends having renters insurance but does not require it.
Their insurance covers renters for most situations but with a $5k
deductable for ASEL to the renter. It goes up with more engines,
retract, etc : )

We can fly the planes anywhere (except to mexico), but then again the
FBO hasn't made any rec pilots.

-lance smith


(Eric Backscheider) wrote in message . com...
I had a few questions about renting aircraft. I am very close to
taking my check ride and my FBO said once I get my ticket I then need
to carry a 25k insurance policy on the plane to rent from them. I
don't have a big deal with this, but they go on to say that in the
tailwheel plane that I have been training (J-3) I will not be able to
land at any other airport, period.

Is this normal, for the tailwheel?
Is it normal to have to carry insurance on a plane that I rent?

Once I get my ticket I will then have to get checked out in a 150,
152, or 172 in order to fly anywhere.

One other thing.... Does anyone know if there is a J-3, Citabria, or
Champ that is rented in the Cincinnati, Ohio area? If so I would
love to know. I am very close to Hamilton (HAO).

Thanks in advance,
Eric Backscheider
ebackscheider_at_ebaweb.com

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

$25k of hull insurance?

Sure. It's what I carry. A nice Cub can be had for under $30,000.
Besides, the instruments will probably survive the crash

My instructor carries $15K. He's even more optimistic about systems
surviving than I am. Besides, he reckons that he can risk some of his
own money in there.

That's not how it works. If he has an accident he will get a check for
$15,000 and the insurance company gets the plane. He is out a $30,000 plane
and has a check for $15,000. The insurance company how sells the plane for
what they can get which might exceed what he had it insured for.