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May 18, 2012

Hartzell Engine Technologies Turbochargers

May 15, 2012

Air Plains now has current Airplane Flight Manual Supplements available for our 172N, 172P and 172R aircraft that have an Air Plains 180HP engine conversion and gross weight increase STC

April 13, 2012

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Two of our old nemeses have reared their ugly heads again.

 

1.       Improper door hinge pins in our older Cessna aircraft

2.       Cessna 172 180 HP Gross Weight Increase tire pressures

March 2, 2010

Cessna Fleet Service Customers  In the past few days we have had a number of issues where the G1000 system tach time and other data that resides in the master configuration module being corrupted when a shop replaced a PFD display.   Please follow the note in the Garmin Line Maintenance...

February 22, 2010

Revision to the standby battery preflight test procedure

November 17, 2009

 We have become aware that some of our early 182T NAV III G1000 model aircraft may not have the 406 ELT Nav Interface connected to the aircraft's GPS.

October 29, 2009

Under torqued lower wing strut attach bolt.

June 24, 2009

Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual, Revision for 182T and T182T Model a/c with NAVIII Avionics Option - GFC 7000 Autopilot

April 17, 2009

Garmin G1000 Systems LPV and LNAV/VNAV Approaches with Three-Character Airport Identifiers

March 12, 2009

The following procedure is recommended to break-in (seat the rings) a new or overhauled engine.

  

February 10, 2009

Lubrication of the idler sprocket shaft on G1000 a/c.

October 31, 2008

Alternate Static Source Selector Valve Inspection

August 25, 2008

Cessna Service Newsletter SNL08-19:  Garmin G1000 Series Flight Plan Sequencing Issue.  Models affected:  172R, 172S, 182T, T182T, 206H, T206H, 350, 400, 208 and 208B.  Read here: SNL08-19     

February 25, 2008

Cessna Service Newsletter, SNL08-3:  Garmin G1000 Recommendations for Loading Jeppesen Navdata on Supplemental Data Cards. Models Affected:  All Garmin G1000 equipped 182R, 172S, 182T, T182T, 206H, 350 and 400 airplanes Discussion:  The purpose of this Service Newsletter is to transmit the attached Garmin Service Alert No. 0801:  Supplemental Data Cards...

October 19, 2007

NHQ/MXA recommends this course for all CAP pilots: http://flash.aopa.org/asf/agingaircraft/swf/flash.cfm? AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION DEBUTS AGING AIRCRAFT ONLINE COURSE  With the average general aviation aircraft more than 30 years old, pilots and aircraft owners­even those of newer airplanes­should pay special attention to the maintenance of their airplanes. To educate pilots, the AOPA...

July 3, 2007

We have received several reports from the field that mag switches allowing the removal of the key while in the left, right or both positions may be the fault of the key and not the switch. In each report this condition was experienced while using duplicate keys. Anyone with a...

June 19, 2007

G1000 Aircraft Starter Failure:  Cessna has determined a low voltage condition on their G1000 aircraft may give the impression of starter failure.  Proper voltage should be verified on any G1000 aircraft experiencing starter problems prior to replacing the starter.  This issue will assume greater importance once our aircraft are beyond...

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