BAS Mechanic Team
The BAS Mechanic Team is an expert crew of aviation mechanics who know how to surgically disassemble an aircraft. Our mechanics are skilled at moving quickly through an aircraft to remove as many usable and serviceable parts as possible while ensuring what's left goes into the proper recycling channel. When they are done with an aircraft, a stripped, bare-bones fuselage is all that is left to move out of the hangar. From the time that aircraft enters the hangar until that fuselage is ready to move into the yard, the BAS Mechanics are laser-focused on providing maximum value to our customers worldwide.
While the Mechanic Team spends most of their time in the disassembly shop at BAS Headquarters in Greeley, they go on the road occasionally. You might find the team somewhere in North America disassembling an aircraft for transport back to the shop. Or, you might find the guys in the airfield at BAS Kansas City removing the final components from the over 1,800 aircraft waiting for disassembly in Bates City, MO.
The Colorado Piston Shop Team
David Saffer
Piston Shop Manager
12 Years
Bryce Thomas
Aviation Mechanic
Eduardo Arredondo
Aviation Mechanic
Jake Lyon
Aviation Mechanic
Nate Sly
Aviation Mechanic
Austen Haney
Aviation Mechanic
Bob Thomason
Aviation Mechanic
The Colorado Turbine Shop Team
Nick Mofley
Turbine Shop Manager
Lucas Dowdy
Aviation Mechanic
Ben Smarsh
Aviation Mechanic
Hunter Gobin
Aviation Mechanic
Troy Bryson
Aviation Mechanic
The Kansas City Shop Team
Bryan McCanles
KC Shop Manager
Zach Roscoe
Aviation Mechanic
Larry Shores
Aviation Mechanic
BAS Parts Cleaners
Sam Lechman
Lead Parts Cleaner
Dylan Laswell
Alex Carroll
BAS Shop Hands
Kyle Burnham
Cessna A185F, 182N, Piper PA-28-181, and Cirrus SR22T Parts Coming Through BAS
A Cessna A185F Skywagon, Cessna 182N Skylane, Piper PA-28-181, and Cirrus SR22T have moved into the BAS disassembly hangar. For owners and maintenance shops supporting these aircraft, this is an early look at the next group entering component recovery. Watch for confirmed parts lists as disassembly progresses and individual components move toward BAS inventory. Contact the BAS Sales Team with your aircraft model and part number to ask about this lineup before the parts you need reach the website.
Learjet 35A Enters BAS Turbine Disassembly With Avionics, Landing Gear, and Airframe Parts
A Learjet 35A has entered the BAS turbine hangar, bringing another substantial parts recovery project into the shop. Known for its distinctive tip tanks, Garrett turbofan power, and serious cross-country capability, the 35A earned its reputation as one of Learjet's defining business jets. This aircraft brings Collins avionics, navigation equipment, landing gear, wheels, brakes, flight controls, and cabin components into the BAS disassembly pipeline. The flying days may be behind this Learjet, but there is still plenty of useful hardware worth keeping in circulation.
Beechcraft Premier Parts | Model 390 Disassembly at BAS
A 2003 Raytheon Model 390 / Beechcraft Premier is entering the BAS turbine hangar with a parts package that reaches well beyond the cockpit. Expected recovery includes two Williams FJ44-2A engines, Rockwell Collins avionics, landing gear components, flight surfaces, and a single-piece wing assembly. Six-place cabin seating, cockpit seats, cabinetry, [...]