This article was originally published in the October 2018 edition of Professional Pilot Magazine, and the topics covered include:

• When does an aircraft sustain true "value diminution"?
• The difference between value diminution and "cost to cure."
• Determining whether structural damage has occurred.
• Why "who" performed the repairs and "how" repairs were completed matters.
• Why do "when" the damage occurred and "when" the repair was completed matter.
• The effect on value of repairing the aircraft to its original production standard.
• When might repairs enhance the aircraft and possibly lead to a value increase?
• Important factors to be considered in determining "Value Diminution".