In article et,
Mike Rapoport wrote:

Why? It is a relatively slow, fixed gear airplane. The main addition to a
a 172 is a CS prop and two more seats. I don't understand why a new PP
would be difficult to insure.

Underwriters look at accident history. A 206 is a travelling plane.
When people crash it they've loaded 6 people into it and flown it into
weather they/it can't handle because they need to Get There. The crashes
are due to errors in judgement rather than skill. A 206 requires a lot
more judgement than a 172, even if not much more skill.

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Ben Jackson

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