I checked w my Cirrus rep,, he stated that the SR 22 has been tested to
24,000 hrs, and they expect approval to 12,000 hrs by sometime this year,,
they wanted to wait till the G2 was included in the approval process.

So thats where that stands.,,

The 4350 hr figure was agreed to because they wanted to get the SR22 out
the door, and the higher number pending time to do more testing. In other
words they had more time with the SR20
"Dave" wrote in message
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I read a few posts referring to the FAA certificated life limit of the
cirrus airframes and couldn't believe my eyes. So, i did some
searching and here's what I found:

SR20 (approved 10/23/98) - airframe life limit 12,000 hours
SR22 (approved 11/30/00) - airframe life limit 4,350 hours

It's right on airweb.faa.gov in black and white.


http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/91b98f5d9cf615c586256e54006329e9/$FILE/A00009CH.pdf

What bothers me is that in all the articles I've read about this
plane, it's avionics, advancements in technology, blah blah blah, not
ONCE have I read about these life limits.

So my question is - why such a huge difference between the two models?
And, does this mean the SR22, in particular, is going to be a tough
resel after someone puts a thousand or two hours on it?

Has Cirrus ever been asked about these limitations in public, and if
so what was their response?