# SDR 2004FA0000439

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 25, 2004
- Submitted: June 21, 2004
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N9331A
- Make and model: Cessna 195A
- Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 7410
- Engine: Jacobs R7557
- System (JASC): [5751 · Ailerons](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5751)
- Part: Hinge Bracket
- Part number: 0322709
- Condition: Corroded
- Location: Aileron
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000439

## Discrepancy

INSPECTED ORIGINAL MAGNESIUM IB AILERON HINGE BRACKETS AND FOUND SOME OR AL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:  SEVERELY CORRODED BRACKET BODY AROUND MOUNT AND BEARING BOSS.  CRACKS SPANNING COMPLETELY ACROSS THE BEARING BOSS AND/OR MOUNTING FEET.  PRIMER AND/OR BODY FILLER TO HIDE CRACKING OF BRACKETS (THIS CONDITION FOUND ON TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF THESES BRACKETS).  WE ARE FINDING 85 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL BRACKETS UNAIRWORTHY DUE TO CORROSION, 35 PERCENT ARE CRACKED.

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