I posted this in the spar AD thread and it sort of got lost. Will try here as I think it is an issue that will affect many Cherokee owners.
My 1974 Warrior as a factory new airplane initially was a trainer and put on hours, and 100 hour inspections, quickly. But then it went into private hands and a less frenetic existence. However, for several owners over the years the A&Ps were in the habit of logging both an annual and a 100 hour, even if the plane obviously was not a rental and there were only 30-40 hours flown in the year. My A&P says this is pretty common, though I don't understand the logic, maybe to cover all bases just in case an owner wanted to rent out his plane.
So how does this work in the factoring? Do you go with the 100 hour or the annual if both were logged and the time is under 100 hours for the year? The reason for the 100 hour inspection calculation apparently is that this represents hard time for an airplane in the rental training fleet. But, a fair look at the logs, if under 100 hours for a particular year, clearly shows if this was not the case. But with this dual annual/100 hour procedure apparently followed by a lot of A&Ps the situation is now confused. Is anyone thinking about this issue?
My 1974 Warrior as a factory new airplane initially was a trainer and put on hours, and 100 hour inspections, quickly. But then it went into private hands and a less frenetic existence. However, for several owners over the years the A&Ps were in the habit of logging both an annual and a 100 hour, even if the plane obviously was not a rental and there were only 30-40 hours flown in the year. My A&P says this is pretty common, though I don't understand the logic, maybe to cover all bases just in case an owner wanted to rent out his plane.
So how does this work in the factoring? Do you go with the 100 hour or the annual if both were logged and the time is under 100 hours for the year? The reason for the 100 hour inspection calculation apparently is that this represents hard time for an airplane in the rental training fleet. But, a fair look at the logs, if under 100 hours for a particular year, clearly shows if this was not the case. But with this dual annual/100 hour procedure apparently followed by a lot of A&Ps the situation is now confused. Is anyone thinking about this issue?
