Club Homepage Forums Classified Ads Buy & Sell - Everything But Airplanes Just ordered my rudder stop kit from Spectrum

Can't beat the price - $63.00 delivered.

Thanks Carl!

Greg

Shoot. I was trying to be an "early bird" and paid around $120 with shipping.

Me too....

I haven't seen anything making the kit mandatory. Have you guys?

I heard from the IA that did my annual that it WILL NOT (repeat - will NOT) be made an AD.

Oh well... I tried to get mine early and avoid the rush. Still, can't be too safe.

a link...
are you guys talking about those two screws
that stop the rudder? if so thats alot for two screws..

It's more than just two screws. New stops on the rudder horns, new screws, some doublers for the nutplates. Still, we get screw'ed by Cessna as usual.

See attached photos of old and new parts.

Linc, I need a linc please

Thanks John

Ed, is your mechanic clairvoyant, or just thinking wishfully?

I have found nothing on the web that suggests the AD will not become a reality. The March 21, 2007 NTSB Safety Reccomendation [ntsb.gov] for a Cessna 150 rudder stop AD resulted in the April 16, 2007 FAA Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) [a257.g.akamaitech.net]. The latest documentation I have found on the subject is the June 15, 2007 AOPA response [aopa.org] to the NPRM. I believe the AOPA response makes a better case against the proposed AD, than the NTSB recommendation makes a case for the AD, but how often does the FAA decline an NTSB recommendation?

I do not believe the Cessna 150 fleet has an accute or even chronic problem with factory rudder stop installations on well maintained aircraft, and I believe that damaged lower rudder skins allowing flexing of the lower rudder and misalignment of the rudder horn bumpers with the stops are a far bigger danger, but my beliefs are not borne out by current NTSB accident/incident findings. What I believe as an individual has insignificant impact to the current NPRM!

Considering that there already is a NPRM based on NTSB recommendation, the minimal cost impact to owners (compared to most other AD's, and the fact that AOPA did not mention cost impact in their response), and the fact that many owners have already complied with Cessna Service Bulletin SB01-1 called out in the proposed AD, I think the chances are better than 60-40 that the AD will become regulation.

(From the NTSB recommendation)

http://www.spectrumaviation.org/catalog/index.php

Let them know you are a Cessna 150/152 club member.