Archer Annual | First Part of an Annual inspection

In this video We show you the parts of an annual inspection. The Scope and detail are listed in FAR 43 Appendix D. In a nut shell every square inch of the aircraft is inspected. Additional items are any troublesome areas that are called out in Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA for this model.

[@spurgear4]

Feeling kinda bad for a young guy we just did an annual for this week. Horizontal stab attachment fittings all cracked and fwd stab spar kinked. Delivering bad news to owners breaks my heart. But still better than losing your stab

[@FreedomfixerFlying]

Oh I know. It's hard to sugar coat something that could end a day badly. I feel for that guy.

[@spurgear4]

@@FreedomfixerFlying It seems so many Ame's let things slide. Then when the airplane finds its way to a shop that does a good inspection. We are the bad guys. I heard a saying that the cheap guy pays twice. In aviation its true. Luckily he's not going to pay by departing controlled flight.

[@edhguerra]

Great!

[@FreedomfixerFlying]

Thanks

[@Jeffopar]

This was so helpful, I just started helping with an annual at my flying club today. Thanks for your great work!

[@FreedomfixerFlying]

You bet, Thanks for the comment.

[@JohnKenIRB233]

Great discussion/demonstration on mirrors and speed handles. My Dad, an engineer, A&P/AI had handles for 1/4, 3/8 & 1/2 bits, sockets. At -6.12 were you talking about preflights or presales?

[@FreedomfixerFlying]

I'll date myself bit by saying that when I got out of A&P school cordless drivers were not as abundant as they are today. The last thing you wanted to do was strip out screws on a nice corporate Kingair.

[@wareairaviationservicesllc4933]

What AD service do you subscribe to?

[@FreedomfixerFlying]

Thera re several choices but I use TData. They have a DVD option, however I use the IA7 online.