Piper PA28 and PA32 owners take note

[Unit74]

https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/news-and...EAA-Joins-Group-Requesting-Piper-AD-Extension

If you want your voice heard on the wingspar AD, the link is at the bottom of the EAA article. My take on is that ERAU beats the shhhtt out of their planes. And it has little to do with the actual integrity of the aircraft. It has everything to do with slamming it into the the runway and bouncing them over and over. Why this is a generally fleet problem is ludicrous thinking. But the FAA AD program is generally a knee jerk of the grandest kind if you look at them holistically. One operators planes are all screwed up and the rest of the fleet pays the price for someone else’s abuse.

https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/news-and...EAA-Joins-Group-Requesting-Piper-AD-Extension

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I've I said before, some people think we have a PA-28 problem, I think we have an ERAU problem.

Not disagreeing about ERAU necessarily, but I know of other flight schools that routinely slam their Arrows down pretty hard on landings. This model can definitely come down if you let it.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Flight schools don't hammer planes. Pilots hammer planes.

That's a good point. The instructors at some flight schools are prone to slamming down Arrows, and this is not just Embry-Riddle.