Damaged Piper PA-16 at Auction, TX

[Desert7GCBC]

This airplane looks well-loved. Totaled for a prop strike?

N5656H - 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper

DATE OF INCIDENT: 3/3/2026 DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: While the aircraft was being moved, it sustained a prop strike. DATE OF LAST INSPECTION: 5/13/2025 AIRCRAFT: 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper N5656H S/N: 16-267 TT: 1,892 ENGINE: Lycoming MODEL: O-320-A1A S/N: L-8689-27 TT: UNK TSMOH: 6 PROPELLER...

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[Bob Turner]

That's my reaction. Owner no longer loves it, or he/she would have bought it back - unless so underinsured that he would be worse off than with no insurance.