Two more aircraft in Australia have been verified to have had cracked spar caps. One is a 12,000 hour 210L and the other is 9,000 hour 210M owned by a CPA member.
Either there have been 3 more aircraft in Australia or the 210M (mine) actually had 14500 hours when the spar cap cracked. Had an L a few years back that did the same thing around 13000hrs. Its not a new thing to start happening. Fortunately opposite wings so we could replace the damaged wings on both planes with both sets. Cessna say they havent sold and spar caps in the past few years. That is because they cost so damn much, and the massive cost in labour to replace them, it is just quicker, easier, and cheaper to put whole new wings on the aircraft to get it back flying.