1979 AA5B Tiger N4524P
General
- Serial number 1105
- IFR certified
- Performance 138K at 8,000 ft. on 9.8 gph
- Only two owners in its lifetime.
- Currently based at KROA (Roanoake, VA), but hangared
for 10 years at HWD (Hayward, CA)
- 2004 and 2005 annual inspections performed by Grumman guru Gary Vogt (Aucountry Aviation)
- 2006-2007 annual inspection performed by Grumman guru Bob Steward.
Note: all 337s for this aircraft can be viewed at
Bondline.org.
Engine & Propeller
- Engine: 730 SMOH.
- 25-hour oil changes
- Lycoming screw-on oil filter
- Quick-drain oil adapter
- 4-cylinder EGT (kind of useless--much easier
to lean with fuel flow instrument...)
- Vernier
mixture and throttle (throttle approved via 337).
- Sensenich cruise prop. (Eliminates the
prop hub AD and the yellow arc decent restriction.)
- Prop dynamically balanced April '2002
-
Electronics InternationalI Fuel Computer and Fuel Pressure (described below under Flight
Instruments).
- Stroth seat belts with inertial reel shoulder
harness in front seats
- Vertical compass card
- ~4395 total time since new.
Most hours are cross-country; i.e., plane was never a rental or lease-back.
- No damage history
- Wheel pants
(unfortunately, plastic instead of fiber glass); ought to be replaced soon.
- Wing-tip strobes.
- Red, white, blue Imron paint in good condition
- Original passenger steps in place
- Gravel boots on horizontal stab leading
edge
- Avionics master switch
- King 170B VOR
- King 170B VOR/LOC with Glide slope
- King DME
- Century II autopilot (nav tracker and
wing leveler) coupled to Garmin 195 GPS
-
PS Engineering 1000 Audio Panel with Marker Beacon
- Four-place intercom (part of audio panel)
- Dual PTT's. Pilot's PTT mounted in left horn of pilot's yoke;
Copilot's PTT mounted on panel above
glove box. - COM1-COM2 flip-flop mounted in right horn of pilot's yoke
- Music input
- Analog clock that actually works
- Fuel computer: Electronics International FP-5 with both fuel and pressure
transducers, the latter
of which is STC'd for use as the primary fuel-pressure transducer. This
means that
pressurized fuel is no longer present in the cabin, and that the original
fuel-pressure gauge is
inoperative. - Heading Indicator with bug
-
1-inch vacuum gauge mounted in primary instrument cluster (approved via 337).
- Alternate air source
- New "glass" all around in 1998
- New upholstery
in 1998
- New carpets in 1998
-
Front seats rebuilt
with visco-elastic foam by Oregon Aero.
- Additional sound-proofing
in 1998
- Electronic lamp dimmer (approved via 337)
-
AuCountry panel eyebrow (not shown) installed and
wired by Gary Vogt
-
New glareshield and defroster vents 2003
Maintenance
- Double-bead front canopy seal
- New W&B in 2003
- Control surfaces completely re-rigged April
'2003
- Stainless screw kit (installed as necessary)
- Split nose bowl
- Stainless doublers on cowl and cowl attach points
-
Complete maintenance and parts manuals
- Carbon-fiber spinner bulkhead
- New motor (Lord) mounts
- All logs electronically scanned and archived.
-
New engine baffles and baffle seals October 2004 (by Gary Vogt of Aucountry
Aviation)
- Elevator trim arms and jack screw replaced October 2004
- Nose
gear strut removed and serviced October 2004, November 2005.
- New Concorde battery October
2005.
Miscellaneous
- Digital OAT with sensor mounted in wing
root
- Canopy cover
- Fire extinguisher
- O2 bottle with dual cannulas