'Good' Annual This Year

"Ben Smith" wrote in message
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Thought I'd make a quick post about our annual this year. Came in just
over
$1k, for the normal inspection, plus:

New EGT probe (EGT was inop)
New Brackett air filter housing. (Due to AD?)
ELT Battery
Gaskets... #1, #2, & #3 valve covers, dipstick tube, both mags, and
pushrod
tubes on #1.
New Voltage Regulator. (we had intermittant charging problems)
'Installed' autogas STC, filed paperwork, etc.

About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!

16.5 hours for a thorough inspection with all the manufacturer's checklist
items completed?

Yes, the airframe and engine logbooks state that approved checklists were
used. Why, is 16.5 not enough time for a 172?

"Jim Vadek" wrote
16.5 hours for a thorough inspection with all the manufacturer's checklist
items completed?

"Ben Smith" wrote in message
...
Yes, the airframe and engine logbooks state that approved checklists were
used. Why, is 16.5 not enough time for a 172?

"Jim Vadek" wrote
16.5 hours for a thorough inspection with all the manufacturer's
checklist
items completed?

I created the wrong impression, sorry. That is good time for an annual and
the reason I asked the question is that mine runs about 25 hours with
preventative stuff thrown in.

Most A&Ps I know would say that 16.5 hours is enough to do the job. Sounds
like you had a pretty good year.

I find that I am always fixing something during the year in addition to
whatever is done during the annual. Sometime I will have to go through all
the logs and figure out what the real annualized costs are for my
maintenance. The result would of course fall under the rules of "double
secret probation" and not be shared with the wife : -)

"Ben Smith" wrote in message
...
Yes, the airframe and engine logbooks state that approved checklists were
used. Why, is 16.5 not enough time for a 172?

"Jim Vadek" wrote
16.5 hours for a thorough inspection with all the manufacturer's
checklist
items completed?