Cessna 172N - Page 117

CESSNA
MODEL 172N
SECTION
7
AIRPLANE
& SYSTEMS
DESCRIPTIONS
vided
for
securing
baggage
and is attached by
tying the
straps
to
tie-down
rings
provided
in
the airplane.
When loading
the
airplane, children
should
not
be
placed
or
permitted
in
the baggage compartment,
unless a childf
s
seat
is
installed,
and
any material
that
might be
hazardous to the
airplane
or oceupants
should
not
be
placed
anywhere in the
airplane.
For baggage
area
and
door dimensions.
refer
to
Section
6.
SEATS
The
seating
arrangement
consists
of two
separate adjustable
seats
for
the
pilot
and front
passenger,
a
split-backed fixed
seat in
the rear,
and
a
child?s seat
(if
installed) aft
of the
rear
seats.
The
pilot's
and
front
pas-
sengerrs
seats are available
in two different
designs:
four-way
and six-
way adjustable.
Four-way
seats
may
be
moved forward or aft, and the
seat back angle
changed.
To
position
either
seat,
lift
the tubular
handle
under
the center
of the seat,
slide the seat into
position,
release the
handle,
and
check that
the
seat
is
locked
in
place.
The
seat back is spring-Ioaded to the
vertical
position.
To
adjust
its
position,
lift the lever under the right front
corner
of the seat, reposition
the back,
release
the lever, and check that
the back
is
locked
in
place.
The
seat
backs
will
also fold full
forward.
The
six-way seats may
be moved fonvard or
aft, adjusted for height,
and
the
seat back
angle
is
infinitely adjustable. Position the
seat by lift-
ing
the tubular
handle,
under
the center
of the
seat bottom,
and
slide the
seat
into
position;
then
release the lever and check
that the
seat is locked
in
place.
Raise or lower the
seat
by rotating
a large crank
under
the
right
corner of the
left
seat and
the left corner of the right
seat. Seat
back
angle is
adjustable by
rotating
a
small crank
under
the left corner of the
left seat and
the right
corner
of
the right
seat.
The
seat bottom
angle will
change
as
the
seat
back angle changes,
providing proper
support.
The
seat
backs
will also
fold
fuIl forward.
The rear
passenger's
seats
consist
of
a fixed
one-piece
seat bottom
with individually adjustable
seat
backs. Two adjustment
levers, under
the
left
and right
corners of
the
seat bottom,
are
used to
adjust
the angle
of
the respective
seat backs.
To adjust
either seat back, liJt
the
adjust-
ment lever
and
reposition
the back. The
seat
backs
are
spring-loaded
to
the vertical
position.
A
childrs
seat
may
be
installed aft
of
the rear
passenger
seats, and
is held in
place
by
two
brackets mounted on the floorboard. The
seat is
designed
to
swing
upward
into
a stowed
position
against
the
aft
cabin bulk-
head when
not
in use.
To stow
the
seat,
rotate the
seat bottom up and aft
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