Lance (or others) -- could you clarify? We just brought our plane into a Diamond service center for its annual. They came back to us today and mentioned that it's due for the 12 year inspection (not yet 2000 hours).Lance Murray wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:11 pm Remember that Chapter 5 items are not mandatory for US N registered aircraft. They are recommendations but not mandatory.
We're looking at a $7000 annual vs the regular $2000 that we've seen year over year since purchasing back in 2014.
These folks haven't fleeced us in the past, so I'm a bit surprised that this work would be considered optional. The $7000 is mostly labor, with approx. 70 hours required for the 12 year inspection + the work for the aft main spar compliance and a few other items.