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CHAPTER CHATTER, EAA Chapter 78 4

FAA Issues Service Bulletin for Some Quiz: Can You Answer These 6 Aircraft
Retractable-Gear Cessna Models Fuel Questions?
After its recent investigation of an accident involving a
Cessna 172RG gear-up landing, the FAA has issued a
Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) for
several Cessna models. Particularly, this SAIB (CE-17-
16) recommends inspecting main landing gear actuator
assemblies for cracks. The models affected are the
172RG, R182, TR182, FR182, and all variants of the
210, T210, and P210 except for the 210 and 210A.

Quiz: 8 Questions To See How Much
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According to the FAA’s data, the model most likely to
develop this problem is the 172RG. The FAA believes
this primarily has to do with the heavy use of the model
as a training aircraft. The 172RG gear pivot assembly
was the subject of an AD in 2001 requiring inspection
for cracks in the gear pivot assembly (AD 2001-06-06).
The current SAIB is for a related but separate section
of the gear.

The new SAIB recommends actuator inspections be
performed in accordance with Textron’s supplemental
inspection document (SID) 32-10-01. SID 32-10-01
details the time-in-service/aircraft age at which the
actuators should be inspected for each affected model
as well as recommendations for repetitive inspections
and types of inspections needed.