Aircraft Structures International Corp. (ASIC) of Enid, Okla., serves operators of the single-engine turboprop Cessna Caravan exclusively. The company, which specializes in Caravan modifications and upgrades, maintains a stock of wings and flight controls for immediate exchange and possesses jigs that make it possible to rebuild an entire aircraft.

Mickey Stowers, ASIC’s president, said the company is developing numerous supplemental type certificates (STCs) to enhance the already impressive characteristics of the Caravan. This year, ASIC is be featuring at the NBAA convention its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 engine conversion for the Caravan, along with four other STCs.

Other STCs that ASIC is showing at its NBAA exhibit (Booth 1764) include wing jack pads, LED cargo pod lights, standby flap system limit switches and lower door panels with pockets for pilot and copilot equipment stowage. The ASIC PT6A-140 engine conversion STC is in progress and ASIC is accepting deposits for the 867-shp Caravan upgrade program.

Services offered at ASIC’s FAA-approved repair station include structural repairs and rebuilding and control surface and wing rebuilding, repair or exchange; Caravan and PT6A-114/-114A part sales, worldwide damaged aircraft retrieval, Caravan main landing gear removal, inspection and re-installation, nose gear overhaul and composites repairs.