Service difficulty report · Stringer · Cessna 172N

Difficulty date
February 26, 2001
Submitted
April 9, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N733JC
Make and model
Cessna 172N
Aircraft serial
17268322
Engine
Lyc O320*
Part
Stringer
Part number
05120374
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CORROSION WAS FOUND ON RIGHT WEB AND STRINGERS. REPLACED THESE PARTS LAST YEAR FOR SAME REASON. THE REPLACED PARTS HAD BEEN PAINTED WITH EPOXY PRIMER PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT ALL PLACES THAT CORRODED BOTH TIMES HAD BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH UPHOLSTERY THAT WAS INSTALLED 2.5 YEARS AGO. SUSPECT FABRIC WAS SPRAYED WITH SOME FORM OF FIRE RETARDANT THAT IS CORROSIVE.

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