The core Cheyenne is a good solid plane, and will get you home, but after 4000 hours or so, they glitchy.

One flight, the prop synchrophaser will stop working
Next flight, the right fuel quantity gage may drop a few hundred pounds, then read correctly a little later
Next, flight, the cabin heater flames out at 17K, comes back on at 16K
Next flight, the left generator may get kicked off line, but comes right back on!
and so on, and so on.

They are great planes for the money, just expect a lot of the above.

Unfortunately, even having a brand new airplane doesn't eliminate these events.

A wildly broad generalization that does not fit any of a half dozen Cheyennes I know the operational history of. More specifically, not one of those has occurred in my 3+ years of Cheyenne ownership.

A wildly broad generalization that does not fit any of a half dozen Cheyennes I know the operational history of. More specifically, not one of those has occurred in my 3+ years of Cheyenne ownership.

been flying 1982 Cheyenne I 4 yrs now, 481 hrs, in annual now, have not had any complaints , parts available at a price. Never wanted anything but a KA even after buying from a friend who talked me into it, but after having an flying, great plane for me, longest trip to meet Rick Ott at Spanish Wells , 235 kts, 19-20K is my best altitude performance, 67.5 gph.

Thanks for that PIREP, Gary. Do your plane have the American Aviation ram air recovery inlets and/or speed stacks?

Stewart

Ram Air and Exhaust strakes

In our 13th year owning/flying a Cheyenne 400. Only 5 non scheduled maint issues in that time (other than avionics) and 4 were minor, 5th was starter/gen issue. Its been a very robust airframe for us. No parts issues. We use a really good shop, they know them them.

Do you mind sharing what shop you're using Nathan? You're not too far from me and was just curious who around here knows Cheyenne's well.

I'm holding out for 9 blades.

I'd prefer 16 blades.

And they be ducted like this:

Mike C.

Good call, this just became an AD. Area must b inspected, takes abt 2 hrs. I do my airframe maintenance at cheyenne(freind)air and am scheduled this Monday. Of the large number of a/c they have already done haven't found any problems yet. Must b done by end of march.

I flew in a 400LS once.......wow!!

just finished my ad inspection and no signs of damage,

Sorry, missed the question about what shop we use.. Friend Aircare, formerly Cheyenne Service Center in Washington, PA. Just south of PIT. 45-50 min flight from our base in N central Indiana.