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Key Takeaways:

  • Several Cessna models experienced significant component wear and fatigue, including frayed control cables, cracked wheel halves, stuck exhaust valves, and cracked cylinder heads, often identified during inspections or after in-flight anomalies.
  • Other issues involved component malfunctions or deficiencies from prior work, such as an inoperative starter with a twisted housing and a combustion heater found to be incorrectly overhauled with wrong parts.
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Cessna Model 172S Skyhawk SP

Frayed Control Cable

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