What to look for - bringing an aircraft back to life

"Blanche" wrote in message
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I'd wait on the pitot-static check until after the annual. You may
find lots of hoses and tubing that needs to be repaired/replaced which
requires another pitot-static check, wasting $200-300.

In fact, I'd wait until after the annual to do anything. The
annual should provide the "shopping list" what needs to be
replaced/repaired.


I'm having them look do the pitot-static check done because they have a
slot, and most if not all the hoses in that system are new. I dropped by the
log books to have them make the entries for the audio panel (replaced a
KMA-12 that had seen better days) and asked about the pitot static since I
knew it would have expired. I don't expect any problems in that department,
and if any are found, I'll have something to squawk when doing the annual.

As for what should be done...do you have the checklist from
Piper (in the maintenance manual, table III-I, Inspection Report).
That will be the starting point. You may want to have each item
on the seven pages evaluated.


That's one thing I do have. When we bought the plane two years ago, it came
with the maintanance manuals and the parts-list binder, which are handy to
have. I will look this bit of information up and make sure we follow it.
Thanks for pointing this out!

Who's doing it? Someone at BJC?


I was thinking of Mountain Air or possibly Legacy. My C152 is maintained at
Mountain Air and they seem to do a decent job. If it was flyable, I'd also
think about taking it up to Akron, as the guys at Hayes Aviation have always
treated me quite fair. The main thing is who has an opening in their
schedule, as I'd like to get things done within the next couple of weeks or
so. I'll then take it up to Greeley and put it in a hangar up there (we're
in the process of buying a home a bit south of RWY 34 at GXY) with the 152.