My Annual

It would be interesting if other people would post what their annuals
have been like. I'll start.

I own a Cessna 150, which I have had for several years. This year my
annual ..

It seems some Cessna 150 owners have been finding cracks in the
vertical tail attach bracket. It's a piece of metal the size of my
palm that any fool could weld together. It costs (I'm told) $200. To
inspect it requires removing both vertical and horizontal stabilizers,
the elevator and rudder. I'm told this is 10 hours labor. Our local
mechanic has inspected seven and found two cracked.

The mechanic offered to have his apprentence do the grunt work and he
would do the inspection. The apprentence's labor comes without charge,
so I only paid for the inspection itself (very quick dye penetrant
test). Doing this also means you can replace some nut plates with
actual nuts and terminate a repeetitive AD.

In addition I got

Several repetitive AD inspections checked
New oil and filter
Spark plugs cleaned and gapped
Seals on vacuum pump replaced
Valve cover gaskets replaced on three cylinders
Compressions of 74,76,74,76 (not bad for a 1100 hour engine).
Nose gear torque tube link retightened
Shimmy damper cleaned and serviced.
ELT inspected (It's fine)
Wheel bearings cleaned and repacked

Total cost $800. This is the only maintenance I've needed this year.

This was our first annual in our '79 Mooney 201. 8.5 AMU's and I am
still scabbing over from the beating.

rebuilt exhaust
nose gear truss and tubes
magnito work
fuel tank repairs

Those were the biggies.

Jon Kraus
4443H @ TYQ

Charles Talleyrand wrote:
It would be interesting if other people would post what their annuals
have been like. I'll start.

I own a Cessna 150, which I have had for several years. This year my
annual ..

It seems some Cessna 150 owners have been finding cracks in the
vertical tail attach bracket. It's a piece of metal the size of my
palm that any fool could weld together. It costs (I'm told) $200. To
inspect it requires removing both vertical and horizontal stabilizers,
the elevator and rudder. I'm told this is 10 hours labor. Our local
mechanic has inspected seven and found two cracked.

The mechanic offered to have his apprentence do the grunt work and he
would do the inspection. The apprentence's labor comes without charge,
so I only paid for the inspection itself (very quick dye penetrant
test). Doing this also means you can replace some nut plates with
actual nuts and terminate a repeetitive AD.

In addition I got

Several repetitive AD inspections checked
New oil and filter
Spark plugs cleaned and gapped
Seals on vacuum pump replaced
Valve cover gaskets replaced on three cylinders
Compressions of 74,76,74,76 (not bad for a 1100 hour engine).
Nose gear torque tube link retightened
Shimmy damper cleaned and serviced.
ELT inspected (It's fine)
Wheel bearings cleaned and repacked

Total cost $800. This is the only maintenance I've needed this year.

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...

This was our first annual in our '79 Mooney 201. 8.5 AMU's and I am still
scabbing over from the beating.

rebuilt exhaust
Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.

nose gear truss and tubes
Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.

magnito work
Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.

fuel tank repairs
Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.


Jim

I didn't say anything about the INSPECTION did I...

Jon Kraus
'79 mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ

RST Engineering wrote:
"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...


This was our first annual in our '79 Mooney 201. 8.5 AMU's and I am still
scabbing over from the beating.

rebuilt exhaust

Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.


nose gear truss and tubes

Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.


magnito work

Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.


fuel tank repairs

Had nothing to do with the annual INSPECTION.


Jim

After 5 years of Mooney ownership my average bill for annual is $7000.
The inspection fee runs about $2500 itself.

-Robert

Wow! Is this what others are paying for annuals? I haven't owned a plane for
in excess of 10 years now, but my 182 was between $1,000 - $1,500, for what
I considered a pretty thourough annual. I could have had them done for less.

Has this cost really gone up that much? I know the Mooney is retractable,
etc., but still. How much would I be paying for my 182 if I still had it?

Harvey

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
After 5 years of Mooney ownership my average bill for annual is $7000.
The inspection fee runs about $2500 itself.

-Robert

The apprentence's labor comes without charge

A bargain, I would say.

Free labor from the mechanic's apprentice, eh?

You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.

Mike Granby wrote:
The apprentence's labor comes without charge

A bargain, I would say.

wrote:

You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.

There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and then charge
you shop rates for your own labor.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:08_Be.663$Zx3.585@trndny05...
wrote:

You're lucky... my A&P /IA makes _me_ do all the grunt work myself,
plus I have to pay for all the beer after the plane is put back
together, signed off and test flown.

There are shops in this area that make you do all the grunt work and then
charge
you shop rates for your own labor.

Sad thing is there are owners that put up with it.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.