I would not recommend Byerly Aviation; they did subpar work, overcharged me, and failed to stand behind their work.
Once they had the plane in their shop, it became a very low priority. I heard every excuse in the book. They were working on a plane from a foreign country, and they had to get it out before mine; the mechanics were out sick. Or another aircraft had been there for months, and they were going to work on it before mine. I complained to the owner, and he referred me back to the lead mechanic who was giving me the excuses.
When my plane was finally "finished," they charged me over $100,000. I had a bad feeling about the shop, so I decided to have a ferry pilot fly the plane back to me. On the flight home, the aircraft had a gear failure; the landing gear would not retract. This was the second leg of the flight, and the shop doesn't warranty anything after the first leg. If you read the logbook entry, you will see how many mistakes the shop made on the original repair. Had I been flying, the cost of the repair would have been mine. Once I got the plane back home, it was still not right. I ended up taking it into another repair facility two more times. Once, because the brake caliper was bright red and smoking when I landed. Luckily, the wheel didn't lock up. It had not been properly adjusted during the annual. They also overfilled one of the engines with oil, and it was hemorrhaging oil every time I shut it down.
When I brought the poor service and workmanship to the owner's attention, he threatened me, saying he would sue me for slander because it was not true. I provided him with two of the three logbook entries, and then the legal threats stopped, and no apology or refund was offered.
After this incident occurred on my plane, I never felt safe in the aircraft.
The worst part was that after the work was done, the engineering firm that did some work on the plane made comments on social media about my aircraft, and Bruce, the owner, did as well.
My privacy was of no concern to this shop. read more