Originally Posted by
martymayes
If you were a customer of mine my professional recommend would be that you not waste time and money on a pre-purchase inspection. On that type plane there is little in the way of dealbreakers that can be uncovered in a pre-purchase evaluation. Whatever is wrong will be repaired as necessary and you'll have time to do that when you have the plane at home. I'd run some document checks, etc. and give a thumbs up or thumbs down on purchase in ~1 hr. Hauling the airplane 3000 miles on a trailer is going to be the challenge here as you don't want to damage something beyond repair, which can be highly probable during these events.