Cary wrote:I also thought it was interesting that my airplane (P172D) isn't on the SAIB, while just about every other 172 is. Mine only has about 3500 hours on it, mostly relatively gentle hours since I've had it and none were ever as a trainer, and really it's not all that different from a 172 in construction, so it's curious that it's not listed.

Cary

Could be it's not listed because the landing gear on a 'D' or 'E' model is built from battleship steel springs I know my "E" model hasn't landed on a gravel bar in at least 3000 hours, and likely not before either. Nor has it missed an annual inspection. I'd bet most of us have heard of some operator who diligently did an annual every four to six years 'whether its needed or not' :O. An added buffer for the early model 172's are much smaller useful load and a lower landing speed than a 200 series or even 18X series airframe. Being a bit underpowered probably helps keep the loads down . All would argue a wholesale AD or other inspection regime would be out of line (for that issue, anyhow).

Here's the link to the Cessna SB:

https://support.cessna.com/custsupt/con ... s_id=22247

I don't see the C175 listed anywhere in the letter. Is the C175 airframe different enough to warrant it's deletion from the list? No T41 either.
Dave

Dave if you stop doing 9G yank and bank avoiding ground fire on the range ,you should be Okay!!

Yeah, the other morning I found myself dodging a stinger missile. After several brilliant maneuvers the damned thing was closing the range, I was running out of ideas, my flight controls sluggish. It was at that final moment that .....
I woke up!
Out manuevered the bastards again!
Damn I'm good.

RangeFlyer wrote:Yeah, the other morning I found myself dodging a stinger missile. After several brilliant maneuvers the damned thing was closing the range, I was running out of ideas, my flight controls sluggish. It was at that final moment that .....
I woke up!
Out manuevered the bastards again!
Damn I'm good.

I have many flying dreams, but that's not one of them. My two most common dreams are taking off from a road and having to dodge a maze of wires, and landing in a soft green field. I really hope that Heaven is a lot like that soft green field--sort of matches with Psalm 23.

Cary