Expansive Cessna Inspection Program Launched

[ProdigalJim]

We're reporting today that Cessna has developed a supplemental inspection program designed to stem concerns of possible corrosion and fatigue stress on its fleet of nearly 145,000 100- and 200-series single-engine aircraft produced between 1946 and 1986.

The inspections are being added to service manuals for 200-series aircraft this month and for 100-series aircraft in April.

Compliance deadlines for the inspection program will be two years after the programs are released – December 2013 for the 200 series, and June 2014 for the 100 series.

Here's a link to our story: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=busav&id=news/awx/2011/12/05/awx_12_05_2011_p0-401993.xml&headline=Cessna%20Unveils%20Inspection%20Program

And, here's a link to a big fat ZIP file from Cessna detailing the inspection rationale...some good pictures in the presentation. Just a warning, though. The key words above are "big" and "fat" ... when you click on this link, you'll get prompted to download a pretty big file. http://textron.vo.llnwd.net/o25/CES/releases/CessnaSID.zip

[a2capt]

Wow.. and I was figuring a file decently into the triple digit range, ... 32.3 MB.. thats like.. nothing.

One photo in raw mode.