Cessna also advised me that it was not a limitation, and that it is OK
to extend the graph line - if of course the aircraft remains within
W & B.

Tony
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Tony Roberts
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Cessna 172H C-GICE

In article ,
"Bob Gardner" wrote:

I hate to disagree without documentation, but I have talked to an engineer
at Cessna who says that the fact that the line ends at 400 pounds is not a
limitation. For seat strength, he referred me to a National Bureau of
Standards website which, after a number of side trips, ends up with a
request that the inquirer pony up some bucks to get the publications
involved.

Bob Gardner

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message

"Yeah, its a limitation." He reasoned as he showed me the POH W&B graph.
The line to calculate moment stops at 400lbs.
I've never heard this before. Has anyone else? Otherwise, I've broken
the rules on nearly every flight with a passenger or student more than
140lbs

Yes, we had to live with this when I was instructing in the seventies. As
explained to me, the source limitation is the structural capacity of the
floor structure when subjected to max certificated g loading. But you are
right in that it is mentioned nowhere in the text of the limitations
section.






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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
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Cessna 172H C-GICE