Cessna doorpost AD - Pilots of America The 1980 model switched to a slimmer front doorpost, which is different from the one on your 172M The way the strut is attached to the fuselage is different with the new doorpost design, more similar to the post-1961 182, 205, 206, 207 and strut-braced 210, which are also targeted by the AD
Cessna doorpost AD | Page 2 | Pilots of America I did one Friday along with an A P on a 1979 C172 that I rent Remove the kick panels, pull the carpet back, remove floor access plates, and start looking
Cessna Doorpost AD - Pilots of America We did the 20-18-01 AD inspection on my C182 yesterday This one is pretty tricky and it's difficult to find what you're looking for Using a borescope, this shows the area in question Took well over an hour for the first one and about 30 minutes for the second
Cessna lower door post AD - Pilots of America The FAA issued its final rule on an AD 2020-18-01 affecting 14,653 Cessna singles in a inspection of the spot where the strut meets the lower door post strut attach fitting for cracks The AD affecting 14,653 Cessna singles, to fix cracks the cost, ranges from $6,475 to $10,080 172N
182 door post AD - Pilots of America What’s contained in the repair kit for the door post, Sk182-115? I am about to order one and curious what it is All three 182s inspected so far have this issue
Door Steward info sought - Pilots of America What Wayne said Dennis had one on his V35A, has one on his Baron They are substantially better at protecting the door, in case of a wind gust, than anything the planes come with from the factory because (like the Minister of Crabby Comments said) the internal damping and resistance provided by the gas strut stops the door from ever achieving enough velocity to cause itself damage
C172 Door Bolt Adjustment - Pilots of America Better than starting cracks There was a serial number range in the mid-70s that had doorpost cracks showing up at the lower hinge; there was a service bulletin on it, and sure enough, we had one, and had the cracks Got to pull the side panel out of the airplane and look through the access holes in the doorpost
Door Stewart Strut Replacement | Pilots of America The doorpost brackets flex too much and I'd expect eventual cracking But they do hold the door open nicely, and control the speed of opening so that the wind doesn't easily damage stuff And they don't get in the way much
Door seals on Cessna. - Pilots of America The door hinges on the smaller Cessnas are often made of formed steel and sometimes are concaved a bit right from new That makes closing the door difficult even with no seal A shim under the hinge half on the doorpost helps with that 182s and higher have cast aluminum hinges, and too thick a seal stresses the hinge and can crack it