Skin Center
No failure report names the skin center. 10 FAA approvals let 3 companies make a replacement skin center, Hutch Aviation INC. holding the most (6).
Approved replacement parts 10 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a skin center and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a skin center:
For these models most: Cessna P172 (6), Cessna 172 Skyhawk (6), Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY (4), Cessna R172 Hawk XP (2).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Upper Center Section RH HA0523011-4 | 0523011-4 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Lower Center Section LH HA0523011-5 | 0523011-5 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Upper Center Section LH HA0523011-3 | 0523011-3 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Lower Center Section RH HA0523011-6 | 0523011-6 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Lower Center Section RH HA0523011-10 | 0523011-10 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Hutch Aviation INC. | Skin – Lower Center Section LH HA0523011-11 | 0523011-11 | Textron Aviation Inc. P172D, FP172D, 172D | 2025-06-03 | current |
| Gulfstream Aerospace LP | Lower Skin Center Assembly 4AS1710004-504 | IAI 4AS1710004-504 | Gulfstream Galaxy | 2001-06-06 | current |
| Gulfstream Aerospace LP | Lower Skin Center Assembly 4AS1710004-503 | IAI 4AS1710004-503 | Gulfstream Galaxy | 2001-06-06 | current |
| Galaxy Aerospace CO LP | Lower Skin Center Assembly 4AS1710004-503 | IAI 4AS1710004-503 | Gulfstream Galaxy | 2001-05-08 | current |
| Galaxy Aerospace CO LP | Lower Skin Center Assembly 4AS1710004-504 | IAI 4AS1710004-504 | Gulfstream Galaxy | 2001-05-08 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.