Salvage Sale
We are pleased to offer on sale salvaged aircraft and parts. Most of these have been involved in incidents resulting in damage which has been subject to an insurance claim. We act as agents to the interested parties and do not take ownership of aircraft at any time.
Below you will find the information of the current sales. For your convenience, we present the information in a PDF which can be downloaded for you to review. Note that bid closing time is 23:45 hours central time on the specified date.
If you have inquiries or require information about a particular salvage listed, please send an e-mail with the claim number on the subject to the contact stated for that particular aircraft.
If you want to make a bid, please use the form at the end of the page; or send an e-mail with the claim number on the subject to salvage@aav.global.
Please remember to include your contact information (name, company, phone or mobile number) in your e-mail, so we can answer your inquiries promptly and award any salvage.
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Sapphire Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Claim Offers will be received until
21635 28th September 2026
Salvage
Sapphire Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Location
Military Air Zone N° 13 (13/a ZAM), Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala
Being offered
As is where is
Contact Information
Pablo Bañuelos (pablobanuelos@aav.global)
Aircraft Details
Spektreworks Sapphire RPA, serial number 515.
Accident Circumstances
On 9th April 2026, the Sapphire RPA, registration 5052, took-off vertically from ZAM # 13, for a training flight. Shortly afterwards, during horizontal flight to its assigned work area, the trainee pilot caused the aircraft to strike the branch of a tree and crash to the ground.
Damage
The fuselage (which broke apart), including the wings, tail, electrical VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) multirotor system, forward propulsion propeller, cargo bay, camera bay, and antennas were condemned as scrap. The engine requires a sudden-stop inspection. The GPS, INS, Datalink systems and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Sensor must be inspected. Most of the aircraft’s components sustained damage beyond repair and must be replaced. Shipping the engine and digital electronic equipment to workshops for inspection would be costly, with no guarantee that they could be reconditioned or repaired.