# SDR 97ZZZX865

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 25, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- System (JASC): [5520 · Elevator Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5520)
- Part: Elevator
- Condition: Mismounted
- Location: Flight Control
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX865

## Discrepancy

SUBMITTER REPORTS AN INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 1992 AT A CESSNA 180/185 FLY-IN WHEN AN AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED TO HAVE THE ELEVATORS MOUNTED UPSIDE DOWN.  AGAIN, IN FEBRUARY, 1997, A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF ELEVATOR UPSIDE DOWN.  BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COME FROM A PAINT SHOP.  IN BOTH CASES, UP-TRAVEL RESTRICTED.

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