Cessna 175 For Sale

Cessna 175B G-ARML Maintenance History

In brief, maintenance has been thorough and focussed on safety and reliability rather than low cost.

    * Star annual completed in May 09
    * Engine overhaul 2003
    * Repaint 2004
    * Recent new interior, control cables, generator, voltage regulator, tyres, and many other components.

The last two annuals have been done at the British Airways Flying Club engineering facility at Wycombe, which is known for high standards. Jerry Parr, the chief engineer there can give you an independent overview of the aircraft. The aircraft is hangared there now.The aircraft has been very reliable for me. I had to replace the generator last year after it sheared its shaft, but for a ‘classic’ aircraft it needed very little other than routine maintenance. 

I have maintained the aircraft meticulously, and prefer to replace items before they wear out or fail. Annual inspections have run at between £2500 and £3000, except for the middle year when I replaced quite a few components including control cables, tyres, and various other components and had the engine removed and inspected after the generator shaft failure in case it had done any damage to the drive gears, which were completely undamaged. Various other electrical components including the voltage regulator have also been changed as a precaution. That annual inspection included a lot of renewal, which will not be required again for many years.

I replaced the original interior with a new leather one in February of 07, which was done at Mick Allen’s at Turweston. I have never had any problems getting the few necessary spare parts.

I have all of the airframe and engine logs from when it was imported in 1962. It spent all of its life in the East Anglia/Midlands area, where it was maintained by The College of Aeronautics at Cranfield initially, then McAlpine Aviation at Luton, Rogers Aviation at Bedford and other well know names in British general aviation in the 60’s and 70’s.

The airplane had a taxi-ing accident in 1992. The aircraft was repaired and then stored until 1995, at which point it resumed flying.

The engine was overhauled by Jade Air/Norvic Engines in 2003 and repainted in 2004 by Colton Aviation.