Cessna Confirms Skymaster Wing Inspections

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Cessna Aircraft Company this week confirmed to AVweb it is developing a supplemental inspection document (SID) focused on the wing attachment points of its long out-of-production model 336/337 centerline-thrust piston twins. According to company spokeperson Doug Oliver, the forthcoming SID may be released as early as the third quarter of 2010 and will call for "relatively involved" inspection procedures despite there being no related accident or incident. Although a SID is not mandatory for non-commercial small piston-powered aircraft registered in the U.S., operators in other countries may be required to perform the inspection by their regulatory authorities. Cessna, for its part, would consider the inspection called for under the SID mandatory, according to Oliver. AVweb first reported Cessna was developing the SID late last month.

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For more information about the proposed SID's on the Cessna Skymaster go to:

Cessna SID Update - Skymaster Forum

The Skymaster Owners have been working with Cessna on the content of these proposed SID's and have concerns about the inspections of the wing/strut attach points. This will be a very expensive procedure and in most cases will exceed the value of the aircraft. It may not be required here in the USA for Part 91 operation but other foreign jurisdictions will be subjected to perform these inspections immediately. The planned format for the published inspections will be included in a new Service Manual for each model Skymaster and potentially could raise questions during routine annual inspections. Given that the design of the attach points are of the same design in all high wing Cessna aircraft, it can only be assumed that these same inspections will be written for the entire high wing Cessna fleet.