Spinning practice in a Cessna 172
There is a flying school in Victoria that teaches spinning as part of an instructors course and uses a Cessna 172 for that purpose. While competency at spinning instruction should (IMHO) be part of a flying instructor course I doubt if it is a requirement of the CASA approved instructor course syllabus. Aircraft such as the Cessna 150 aerobat, and Decathlon are commonly used for spinning instruction. But is the Cessna 172 series certified for spinning other than an incipient spin only? The danger of spinning an aircraft not certified for spinning should be obvious to any instructor - with a worst case scenario of the next pilot to fly the aircraft faced with unexpected structural failure. Or is that being too dramatic?