Bob, the owner of a Cessna 172RG, found himself in an unexpected predicament. Seems he had an unfortunate gear-up landing. The airplane suffered only minimal damage, largely limited to minor belly damage and the outer four inches of the prop tips curled back. The engine had only about 100 hours SMOH at the time of the incident. Surely, all of this would be covered by insurance.Unfortunately, Bob was about to learn a painful lesson about hull insurance. He recently told me his story:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/the-savvy-aviator-54-how-much-insurance-do-you-need