Hi everyone,
To answer your question, I'm in New Zealand. There are only around 10 C150Hs in NZ. Our CAA is very tight on corrosion on these spring leaf legs after a C206 suffered a collapse on landing thanks to corrosion under the foot step. That prompted the CAA to instruct maintenance organisations to carry out corrosion checks under the step. Sadly our left leg was corroded beyond limits and our aeroplane now resides in a hangar on jacks until we find a replacement. A number of NZ C150s were found with similar problems hence the lack of spares available in this country.
A word of advice to club members - remove the step and check for corrosion - it seems there is not much tolerance before failure of the leg may occur.
Regards
Darryn
