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Letters From Readers: November 2019

It's the airplanes with the first-generation fuel selectors you want to be cautious of. In August 2019 the FAA issued an airworthiness concern sheet (ACS) that requests PA-28 owners and operators of first-gen fuel selectors (these are the round, flat-plate selector assemblies installed in the lower sidewall) to provide operational input. It wants to know if operators have mistakenly selected the Off position instead of the intended Left or Right Tank position. It could turn into an AD.

Aviation Consumer Staff
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Piper Fuel Selectors

I find your monthly Used Aircraft Guide section to be the most valuable content among all other aviation publications. Since I’m in the market for a Piper Cherokee, I hit your archives but the last report is before the recent concern of the fuel selectors in these aircraft.

Simple question, which may not have a simple answer: Which is the preferred fuel selector for the PA-28 and should I be concerned about getting stuck with an airplane that will be hit with an eventual AD?

Aviation Consumer Staff