The issue of damage resulting during inspections is not solely an Experimental concern.   Many owners of production aircraft I know loathe the annual requirement and calendar inspection that requires disassembly of perfectly working components and risks damage or improper handling.   Many owners can relate to parts being damaged during an inspection that was supposed to detect problems.  When the damage dollars are high you can predict that nobody but the owner is to blame.   Pre-buy inspections are always a concern.  As a small time broker in the past for various turbine and piston aircraft I can say that the inspection conditions and liability for problems or damage during inspection were always the most difficult to conclude after a sale was agreed to.   Without a strong set of clear written conditions there is always a risk of confusion when damage occurs and we would not proceed without that understanding.   Does a Lancair require a good inspection contract that links all the players?   Probably if the risk of damage is significant.    I'm sad to hear of the airplane's dismount from the jacks but happy it wasn't more severe.   It was good for the Seller to inform us of the risk and the reply from Lancair and that the sale was concluded.

How ironic that a requirement from the insurance company to inspect could possibly have caused enough damage to claim under one of its policies.

Paul Miller,  Legacy N357V
TBM 700