Cessna 100-Series Education Initiative

Cessna 100-Series Education Initiative
            In 2011, Cessna Aircraft Company launched a safety initiative to educate owners about new inspection procedures designed to help safeguard against corrosion and fatigue. The initiative affects 145,000 airplanes of the 100- and 200-series built between 1946 and 1986. The program stresses visual inspections for both corrosion and cracks caused by metal fatigue.
           The latest effort, announced in a recent press release, is aimed at 100-series single-engine piston aircraft owners around the world, and informs them about new supplemental aircraft inspection procedures that will be added to 100-series Cessna service manuals.
            The inspection procedures are available at no cost on the Customer Service page of Cessna.com. An interactive presentation is available on their website and you can also find a short video explaining the inspection process on Cessna's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/CessnaAircraftCo.
            To learn more about aging GA aircraft, be sure to also read the article  “Too Old to Fly” on page 25 of the Sep/Oct 2011 FAA Safety Briefing. www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2011/media/SepOct2011TooOld.pdf