The owner of a Cessna with just 800 hours on the engine is having to spend around R2 million ($117,600) to replace the engine.
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General aviation (GA) piston engine manufacturers recommend that their engines be overhauled every 12 years, or in operational time, after they have done around 1,600-2,000 hours. Typically, many GA engines do around 60 hours per year, so they still have two-thirds of their life expectancy remaining...
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