Reliability of Older Aircraft

[oldmcgroin]

Hi there,
I've just bought a B737-800 that has over 6000 hours flying time. Will this aircraft will be less reliable than a newer aircraft. Will the
likelihood of a failure occuring be greater? And if so, how much more unreliable will it be compared to a brand new aircraft. Also are there
any other disadvantages of buying old aircraft.

Cheers

Dan

[Dutch64]

Depends what was in the description of the aircraft when you bought it, how well the former owner maintained it etc

[Jambone]

The aircraft is statistically more unreliable and likely to have failures, but it all depends how well the company that owned it before kept the
aircraft

[oldmcgroin]

If i remember correctly they were known to look after their aircraft.

So, in FSPax, a 6000hr plane that has been looked after will be more reliable than a 6000hr plane that has been flogged...... Thats great, I
love this program!!!

[Launchbury]

Planes breaking are half the fun.

[Jambone]

Yes, i remember my first -7000ft/s landing What a feeling, by the end of it the co-pilot was shouting "easy on the stick" "were gonna crash"

Good times

[Cydon Prax]

Jambone wrote:
Yes, i remember my first -7000ft/s landing What a feeling, by the end of it the co-pilot was shouting "easy on the stick"
"were gonna crash"

Good times

lol, sometimes the co-pilot should of been the captain. He knew all of the regulations and flying needed to handle the airplane. Us? Well..
we just pull on a stick when he says ''rotate''

[kaleun]

After the unfortunate demise of Peter, who crassed the Golden Eagle 421, Mountain airlines hired Piotr, who had to make it up to
multiengine in the company's Mooney. This time, he flew two flights without passengers until he proved he could land the beast well.
So, we buy an old 421, and Piotr takes off its first flight for our company, from Cheyenne (that's in Wyoming) to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
I decide to use real world weather, and after an uneventful take off, through a thin overcast, we settle at 18000 ft, for the hopefully
uneventful flight to KABQ.
Of course the left engine overheats over the rockies, and before Piotr can troubleshoot it, it dies. Emergency declared, and diversion to
our homebase at KAPA. Here is the clincher, Denver is showing winds from the East, in snow showers. The approach is not too difficult,
but just as we see the runway, a heavy snowstorm comes through, and we are approaching in the blizzard with no visibility. By the time
we see the runways, we are conducting a textbook approach to the ground between 35L and 35R. Wisely Piotr decides not to go around
on one engine, and softly lands the twin on the frozen sod between the runways. The landing was quite good actually, and the
passengers cheered afterwards.

That was an expensive first flight for our company!