Spinning in a Piper Cherokee 140

Saturday April, 14, 2007

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Spinning
• Piper
• Cherokee
• 140

[jimbobuddy]

I thought 140s(or ANY of the 'cheerokees')werent rated for spins.

[Hondaridr58]

@deeringdeluxe Well, my 1966 Cherokee POH and Placards clearly state that you can. I suggest you re-read your POH.

[eimb1999]

@jimbobuddy: Yep. Owned one, learned on it (1966 PA 28-140) and did spins in it too, all the time. Went up to 7,000 feet once and did about five revolutions. Could have done more of course but wanted that three-mistake safety factor or better. Recovered perfectly. They're spin rated as long as you don't have the "hat rack" behind the rear seat. That hat rack throws the CG off just enough to remove the spin rating.

[Mr172]

Straight from the POH, " Intentional spins are prohibited in the normal category airplane and the utility category airplane when air conditioning is installed."

So as long as you are properly loaded and don't have air conditioning you are fine.

[deeringdeluxe]

@Hondaridr58 Actually not, my 1965 Cherokee 140 clearly states it's a Utility Category and is not certified for spins or other aerobatic maneuvers.

[Hondaridr58]

You guys are all wrong. Cherokee's are rated for spins in the Utility Category, and are very easy to recover in. I don't know what airplane you're getting this confused with. Maybe a Tomahawk? Those are a bit more dangerous to spin.

[jerseyscampi]

Dangerous...Cherokees are not rated for spin training

[jeremyc311709]

@jimbobuddy theyre not, they have unfavorable spine characteristics. I was put into a spin in an arrow and almost couldnt get it out of it

[Hondaridr58]

@ManifestMiasma In Utility category, they ARE approved for intentional spins. Check your POH again.

[mgac716]

I was always told that Cherokees would go into a flat spin and be unrecoverable?? I lvoe spinning C172's :)p