Cessna
A Textron Company
Service Manual
1969 THRU 1976
MODEL 172
SKYHAWK SERIES
Member of GAMA
FAA APPROVAL HAS BEEN OBTAINED ON TECHNICAL
AFFECTS AIRPLANE TYPE DESIGN.
REVISION 4 TO THE BASIC MANUAL INCORPORATES
3 OCTOBER 1994, TEMPORARY REVISION 2 DATED 7
REVISION 3 DATED 7 OCTOBER 2002.
Copyright © 2004
Cessna Aircraft Company
Wichita, Kansas, USA
D972-4-13
REVISION 4
DATA IN THIS PUBLICATION THAT
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CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY
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SERVICE MANUAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION Page
1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ....................... 1-1
2 GROUND HANDLING, SERVICING, CLEANING, LUBRICATION AND
INSPECTION. ................... .... ..... 2-1
3 FUSELAGE .. .. ... .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . 3-1
4 WINGS AND EMPENNAGE. ...................... 4-1
5 LANDING GEAR AND BRAKES. ................. . 5-1
6 AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM ..................... 6-1
7 WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 7-1
8 ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM .................... 8-1
9 ELEVATOR TRIM TAB CONTROL SYSTEM ............... 9-1
10 RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM ..................... 10-1
11 ENGINE (LYCOMING "BLUE-STREAK") ................ 11-1
11A ENGINE (CONTINENTAL) ....................... 11A-1
12 FUEL SYSTEM. .......................... . 12-1
13 PROPELLER ............................ 13-1
14 UTILITY SYSTEMS .......................... 14-1
15 INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS .............. 15-1
16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. ................. ..... 16-1
17 ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (DELETED) (See Page iii) ...........
18 STRUCTURAL REPAIR ................ .... .. . 18-1
19 PAINTING ................... ........... 19-1
20 WIRING DIAGRAMS. ...................... 20-1
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CROSS REFERENCE LISTING OF POPULAR
NAME VS. MODEL NUMBER AND SERIALS
All aircraft, regardless of manufacturer, are certificated under model number designations. However,
popular names are often used for marketing purposes. To provide a consistent method of referring to the
various aircraft, model numbers will be used in this publication unless names are required to differentiate
between versions of the same basic model. The following table provides a cross reference listing of popular
name vs. model numbers.
MODEL SERIALS
POPULAR NAME YEAR MODEL BEGINNING ENDING
172 or SKYHAWK 1969 172K 17257162 17258486
1970 172K 17258487 17259223
1971 172L 17259224 17259903
1972 172L 17259904 17260758
1973 172M 17260759 17261898
172, SKYHAWK or 1974 172M 17261899 17263458
SKYHAWK II 1975 172M 17263459 17265684
SKYHAWK or 1976 172M 17265685
SKYHAWK II
REIMS 172 1969 F172H F17200560 F17200654
REIMS/CESSNA F172 1970 F172H F17200655 F17200754
1971 F172K F17200755 F17200804
1972 F172L F17200805 F17200904
1973 F172M F17200905 F17201034
REIMS/CESSNA F172 1974 F172M F17201035 F17201234
SKYHAWK, SKYHAWK II 1975 F172M F17201235 F17201384
1976 F172M F 17201385
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