Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 172R

Difficulty date
April 1, 2002
Submitted
April 19, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2384U
Make and model
Cessna 172R
Aircraft serial
17280708
Engine
Lyc IO360A1A
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
590 hours
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

CRACKS DEVELOPED IN TOP T/E LT WING SKIN AT EXTREME IB END OF WING AROUND 4 OF AN426AD4 RIVETS WHICH JOIN T/E STIFFENER TO UPPER AND LOWER WING SKINS JUST ABOVE FLAP. CRACKS RANGED FROM .500 INCH TO 1 INCH AND ONLY 1 PENETRATED A RIVET HOLE. ONE OF RIVETS, JOINING EXTREME IB RIB TO UPPER SKIN HAD CRACK NEXT TO IT 1 INCH LONG. CAUSED BY THE EXTREME AFT WING ROOT FAIRING SCREW CONTACTING THE UPPER SKIN (SCREW INSTALLED WAS TOO LONG). FLUSH PATCH APPROX 9 INCH X 4 INCH, WITH DOUBLER, WAS INSTALLED AFTER REMOVING THE WING TO GAIN ACCESS TO AREA. WING REMOVAL NECESSARY DUE TO FILLET ASSY OF THE FUSELAGE WHICH OVERLAPS WING AND COVER THE RIVET LINE OF EXTREME IB RIB.

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