Even though Langa's maintenance staff was well-versed on the problem, one of the cracks they discovered had grown to two and seven-eighths of an inch, just under the maximum length of three inches that can be repaired by the relatively inexpensive Cessna repair kit. The kit consists of a doubler and a brace to shore up the firewall. Had the crack been a little longer, a newfirewall would have been required ... a job Sayle said would entail more than 40 hours of work and cost thousands of dollars. "I'm just trying to get the word out," said Sayle. "I'm trying to save some people some time." AVweb contacted Jessica Myers, Cessna's manager of corporate communications, four times over a period of four days to discuss the firewall issue, but the company was unable to supply us with a comment.
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