Hi all,
I bought a plane last fall after getting my ppl, it is a 1978 172N with the 0-320 engine in it. The TTAF was only 1750hrs. Time on engine was around 1350.
Person I bought it from was the second owner and he bought it in 1982 and there was an AD or something at the time on the engine that had to be fixed, something regarding the camshaft premature wearing, you guys are probably familiar with it. Anyway it counted as a rebuild and that is why there was a 400 or so hour discrepancy between total time and engine time.
My question is probably obvious to you more experienced flyers but that means the engine was last overhauled around 32-33 years ago, is that a problem to go that long with such little time 50hrs a year average?
The plane has been annualed every year of its life including a month after I bought it, The previous owner who I bought it from simple didn't fly a lot and had cancer a few years that the plane pretty much sat. He has since upgraded to a 182, didn't need two planes and that's why he sold the 172.
EDIT- I should add that the engine runs strong with no noticeable roughness or anything that would lead me to be concerned.
I bought a plane last fall after getting my ppl, it is a 1978 172N with the 0-320 engine in it. The TTAF was only 1750hrs. Time on engine was around 1350.
Person I bought it from was the second owner and he bought it in 1982 and there was an AD or something at the time on the engine that had to be fixed, something regarding the camshaft premature wearing, you guys are probably familiar with it. Anyway it counted as a rebuild and that is why there was a 400 or so hour discrepancy between total time and engine time.
My question is probably obvious to you more experienced flyers but that means the engine was last overhauled around 32-33 years ago, is that a problem to go that long with such little time 50hrs a year average?
The plane has been annualed every year of its life including a month after I bought it, The previous owner who I bought it from simple didn't fly a lot and had cancer a few years that the plane pretty much sat. He has since upgraded to a 182, didn't need two planes and that's why he sold the 172.
EDIT- I should add that the engine runs strong with no noticeable roughness or anything that would lead me to be concerned.
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