Piper Cherokee Six Service Manual page 14

PIPER CHEROKEE SIX SERVICE MANUAL
SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
1-1. GENERAL. This manual contains service and maintenance instructions for the Piper
PA-32 and PA-32R Cherokee Six, designed and manufactured as a versatile airplane in the
personal and business aviation field, by the Piper Aircraft Corporation, Vero Beach, Florida.
1-2. SCOPE OF MANUAL. Sections II and III comprise the service part of this manual.
whereas Sections IV through XI comprise the maintenance instructions. The service
instructions include ground handling, servicing and inspection. The maintenance instructions
for each system include troubleshooting, removal and installation of components. and
corrective maintenance and testing: each major system of the airplane is covered in a
separate section. Only qualified personnel should perform the operations described in this
manual.
The description of the airplane included in this section is limited to general information.
Section II gives leading particulars and principal dimensions. while each major system is
described in its appropriate section of the manual. For a more detailed description of the
airplane, refer to the Owner's Handbook.
i-3. DESCRIPTION. The Cherokee Six is a six place (seventh seat optional), single-engine.
low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction.
The following paragraphs provide
descriptions of the major components and systems.
1-4. WING. The laminar flow wing is of all-metal stressed skin, full cantilever, low-wing
design, consisting of two wing panels bolted to a spar box assembly in the fuselage. The
wing tips are removable. The ailerons are cable and push rod controlled and are dynamically
balanced. The trailing edge wing flaps are manually operated.
1-5. EMPENNAGE. The empennage consists of the fin. stabilator. and stabilator trim tabs.
The stabilator is dynamically balanced.
1-6. FUSELAGE. The fuselage consists of three basic units: The engine section. the cabin
section, and the sheet-metal tail cone.
1-7. LANDING GEAR (PA-32-260 and PA-32-300).
The tricycle landing gear is of the
fixed type, consisting of a nose wheel and two main wheels.
INTRODUCTION
Revised: 7/28/75
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