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CONTENTS

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NO.

SECTION

Aerofiche/Manual

GENERAL

DESCRIPTION

.................. A................

1A8/1-1

GROUND

HANDLING,

SERVICING,

CLEANING, LUBRICATION

AND

INSPECTION

.......................................

1A17/2-1

FUSELAGE ........................................

1C2/3-1

WINGS

AND

EMPENNAGE

.........................................

1D4/4-1

LANDING

GEAR,

WHEELS

AND

BRAKES

..........................

1D15/5-1

AILERON

CONTROL

SYSTEM

......................................

1F4/6-1

WING

FLAP

CONTROL SYSTEM

....................................

1F18/7-1

STABILATOR

CONTROL

SYSTEM

.................

...............

1G9/8-1

STABILATOR

TRIM

CONTROL

SYSTEM

............................

1G21/9-1

10.

RUDDER

CONTROL

SYSTEM

......................................

lHll/10-1

11.

.......................

...................

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112/11-1

12.

FUEL

SYSTEM

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... 1

17/12-1

13.

PROPELLER

AND

GOVERNOR

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1K19/13-1

14.

UTILITY

SYSTEMS

......................

.........................

1L9/14-1

15.

INSTRUMENT

AND

INSTRUMENT

SYSTEMS

.......................

2A2/15-1

16.

ELECTRICAL

SYSTEMS

..................................... ...

2B15/16-1

18.

STRUCTURAL

REPAIR

.......................................

2E5/18-1

19.

PAINTING

.................................... .....

2F17/19-1

20.

IRING

DIAGRAMS

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2G1/20-1

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CROSS

REFERENCE

LISTING

POPULAR

NAME

VS.

MODEL

NUMBERS

AND

SERIALS

All

aircraft,

regardless

manufacturer,

are

certificated

under

model

number

desiginations.

However,

popular names

are

often

used

for

market-

ing

purposes.

provide

consistent

method

referring

these

air-

craft,

the

model

number

will

used

this

publication

unless

the

popular

name

necessary

differentiate

between

versions

the

same

basic

model.

The

following

table

provides

listing

popular name,

model

number, and serial

number.

MODEL

SERIALS

POPULAR

NAME

ODEL

POPULAR

NAME

YEAR

MODEL

BEGINNING ENDING

177

CARDINAL

1968

177

17700001

17701164

177A

or CARDINAL

1969

177A

17701165

17701370

177B

CARDINAL

1970

177B

17701371

17701530

177B

CARDINAL

1971

177B

17701531

17701633

177B

CARDINAL

1972 177B

17701634

17701773

177B

CARDINAL

1973 177B

17701774

17701973

177B

CARDINAL

1974

177B

17701974

17702203

177B,

CARDINAL

1975 177B

17702204

17702313

and

CARDINAL

1976

177B

17702314

17702522

CARDINAL

1977

177B

17702523

17702672

CARDINAL CLASSIC

1978

177B

17702673

17702752

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INTRODUCTION

This manual contains

factory-recommended

procedures

and

instructions

for

ground

handling,

servicing,

and

maintaining

Cessna

Model

177

-Series

aircraft.

Besides

serving

reference

for

the

experienced mechanic,

this

book

also covers

step-by-step

procedures

for

the

less

experienced.

properly

used,

will

better

enable

the

mechanic

maintain

the aircraft

and

thereby

establish

reputation

for

reliable

service.

Information

for

Nav-O-Matic

Autopilots,

Electronic

Communications, and

Navigation

Equipment

are

not

included

this

manual

These

manuals

are

available

from

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Parts

Distribution

(CPD

2)..

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WARNING

ALL

INSPECTION

INTERVALS,

REPLACEMENT

TIME

LIMITS,

OVERHAUL TIME LIMITS, THE

METHOD

INSPECTION,

LIFE

LIMITS,

CYCLE

LIMITS,

ETC.,

RECOMMENDED

CESSNA

ARE

SOLELY

BASED

THE

USE

NEW,

REMANUFACTURED,

OVERHAULED

CESSNA

APPROVED

PARTS.

IF PARTS

ARE

DESIGNED,

MANUFACTURED,

REMANUFACTURED,

OVERHAULED,PURCHASED,

AND/OR

APPROVED

ENTITIES

OTHER

THAN

CESSNA, THEN

THE

DATA

CESSNAS

MAINTENANCE/SERVICE

MANUALS

LONGER

APPLICABLE

AND

THE

PURCHASER

WARNED

NOT

TO RELY

SUCH

DATA

FOR

NON-CESSNA

PARTS.

ALL

INSPECTION

INTERVALS

REPLACEMENT

TIME

LIMITS,

OVERHAUL

TIME

LIMITS, THE

METHOD

INSPECTION,

LIFE

LIMITS,

CYCLE

LIMITS,

ETC.,

FOR

SUCH

NON-CESSNA

PARTS

MUST

OBTAINED

FROM

THE

MANUFACTURER

AND/OR

SELLER OF

SUCH NON-CESSNA

PARTS.

REVISIONS/CHANGES

These

are

issued

the

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Cessna

Aircraft

Company

for

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required,

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include

only

pages

that

require

updating.

REISSUE.

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manual

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all

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information

and

outstanding

revisionsichanges.

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and

replaces

issue(s).

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and

REISSUES

can

purchased

from

your

Cessna

Dealer

directly

from

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Cessna

Parts

Distribution,

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