Empty/Gross weight Vs. Max. Pilot weight

Don't know about you Andy, but I'd certainly rather
not be the test case! I'd like to think they wouldn't
refuse to pay, but ....
Rob
At 13:48 13 January 2004, Andy Durbin wrote:
Robert John wrote in message news:...
Bruce,
I don't know what the insurance arrangements are in
the places you fly, but what would worry me here in
the UK is this:
Flight outside placarded limits is outside CofA.
Flight without CofA is uninsured.
Are you sure you're covered in the event of a prang?
It's an easy get-out for an insurance company faced
with a potentially big claim.
Rob


NTSB database is well populated with aircraft accident
reports that
list flying over max certificated gross weight as a
contributing, or
primary, accident cause.

Can anyone cite a single case where insurance payout
was refused on
that basis.

Please note that I am NOT advocating flying over any
weight limit, I
just think the 'you won't be insured' argument is a
bit thin.


Andy

most companies may not report whether they paid off or not.. that is
"privacy" information between the insured and the company..

so you'd have to try to find specific individuals that would report it

BT

"Andy Durbin" wrote in message
om...
Robert John wrote in
message ...
Bruce,
I don't know what the insurance arrangements are in
the places you fly, but what would worry me here in
the UK is this:
Flight outside placarded limits is outside CofA.
Flight without CofA is uninsured.
Are you sure you're covered in the event of a prang?
It's an easy get-out for an insurance company faced
with a potentially big claim.
Rob


NTSB database is well populated with aircraft accident reports that
list flying over max certificated gross weight as a contributing, or
primary, accident cause.

Can anyone cite a single case where insurance payout was refused on
that basis.

Please note that I am NOT advocating flying over any weight limit, I
just think the "you won't be insured" argument is a bit thin.


Andy

In article ,
Robert John wrote:

I don't know what the insurance arrangements are in
the places you fly, but what would worry me here in
the UK is this:
Flight outside placarded limits is outside CofA.
Flight without CofA is uninsured.
Are you sure you're covered in the event of a prang?
It's an easy get-out for an insurance company faced
with a potentially big claim.

Not unless it's a cause of the incident leading to the claim.

Every plane crash ever probably violates at least one regulation, but
insurance companies don't decline them all, do they?

-- Bruce

In article ,
(Andy Durbin) wrote:

NTSB database is well populated with aircraft accident reports that
list flying over max certificated gross weight as a contributing, or
primary, accident cause.

I'm sure that's the case for lots of Cezznas, a lot of which have very
marginal climb at gross weight in hot/high conditions. But are there
any such entries for gliders?


Please note that I am NOT advocating flying over any weight limit, I
just think the "you won't be insured" argument is a bit thin.

I think it's extremely thin. I'll pay a *lot* more attention to "you'll
kill yourself and here's why".

-- Bruce