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The AD requires you to follow the accomplishment instructions under Section III of the MSB. It specifies how many cylinders to remove based on engine type; it does not give you an option to pull fewer cylinders and use a boroscope. Besides which, you have to be able to reach inside the engine...

http://www.tcmlink.com/pdf2/MSB23-01.pdf Listed a 5 hour grace period for ferry flights and 200 hour TIS upper limit of effectivity. https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADFRAWD-2023-03796-0000000000.0001 AD 2023-04-08 eliminates both - no more grace period for ferry (ferry flight...

I'm kinda getting the impression that a lot of the advice offered here is predicated on an "all things being equal" assumption - mostly focused on comparing flight (speed, range, & payload) performance. Only when the subject of the n/a PA-31-300 Navajos came up did a bit of "real world" intrude...

If by "BUR" you meant Burlington-Alamance Co. Regional, the correct identifier is BUY, conveniently located halfway between RDU and GSO (aka PTI) Even so, I am a former member of (and mx volunteer for) the WoCFC at TTA - and although I am now DoM of a Part 141 flight school/Cessna Pilot...

I have seen many samples of their work that exhibit the exact same problems / violations of the regs that I cited above. I believe for example that they have had a hand in many of the proposed new paint schemes that are regularly (annually) put up for a vote for the aforementioned AOPA project...

Does anybody have any experience or know of any useful references for adding new inspection panels to a semi-monocoque metal fuselage? I know somebody who wants to cut what essentially amounts to a new "standard" 5-inch inspection panel on the belly of his Cessna 177RG just aft of his MLG...

You'd be better off putting the new 12-inch numbers above the current stripes - in my opinion. It is a pet peeve of mine that so many "artistic" paint shop embellish N-numbers and IMPO (and that of my FAA PMI) render them invalid per the regs in Part 45. I see a lot of what I consider to...

The official "final" report on the crash investigation is finally out and published on the UAE GCAA Web site here: http://www.gcaa.gov.ae/en/epublication/pages/investigationreport.aspx From what I was able to cull from the report and contrary to Wayne's previous assertions above, the GCAA...

Wish this forum had Private Messages - it seems a shame to waste everyone else's time with this, but who you callin' "n00b"? I only asked you why you had to play that silly game of "mine is better than yours"? IMHO that doesn't add much to this or any other conversation. I didn't call you...

Mom used to tell me that "comparisons are odious." I generally prefer Cessnas too, but wouldn't go so far as to suggest what you did. Why do you need to offend all Piper owners in one fell swoop? Consider this - at least the Piper wings (low wings that is) are held on by a lot more than just...

PS I've worked on several different Cessna 337's over the years, as well as a Travel Air or two, and of course many Barons, etc. At a shop I worked for many years ago, we also had an encounter once with a supposedly one-of-a-kind Beech Travel Air that had been modified with 250 hp IO-540's...

I've heard discussions that make it seem as though that belief is still open to interpretation - and that per 14 CFR 43.10(a) and 91.403(c) the Beechcraft inspection and replacement schedules regarding the wing bolts (5 year inspection, 10 year re-inspection, 15 year mandatory replacement)...

Agree that tweaking the ailerons is complete waste of time. Had a company PA-32R-300 back in the 1990's and encountered this problem. The know-it-all boss wanted to tell us how to fix it - "tweak the ailerons" he said. After several attempts and subsequent test flights during which the only...

I have been working on a lot of Aero Commander model 500B aircraft at work lately and because of that, I have been “reading up” on them even outside of work. One of the more interesting things that I have come across is that numerous examples of Aero Commander model 500A aircraft were...

I believe that the quote from Top Gun is "...it's time to BUZZ the tower!"

Obviously lots of different experiences and lots of different opinions here. I spent 15 years doing GA maintenance and inspections out of the 25 or so that I've had my A&P and CPL. 10 years of that 15 was at a CRS that included both engine and prop overhaul shops. As already mentioned here...

I spent 10 years as the lead A&P at a CRS that included both engine and prop overhaul shops. I installed a lot of freshly overhauled engines and usually "test" flew the airplanes afterward. The owners almost always appreciated having someone else put the first couple of hours on a new engine...

Now, that's purrr-teee! N98BS, 1947 Grumman G-73 Mallard, s/n J-18. Registered to LAC Management of Spotswood, NJ since Oct. 1990. Do you ever see it fly? What was the deal following the Chalk's Mallard crash in Dec. 2005? Was it just the turbine Mallards that were grounded, the...

The 11th one built is currently registered in the State of Washington - in Bellingham. How far is that from Oak Harbor? Well, it's actually listed as being not all that "current" because of an Undeliverable Triennial Report - there's an "Undel Tri" notation on the registration report. It's...

Actually, Twin Bees serial nos. UC1-R158 and UC3-R362 come up in the FAA registration database as "amateur-built" United Consultants model UC-1 aircraft as opposed to "STOL Aircraft Corp."