Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Piper PA28180

Difficulty date
January 23, 2007
Submitted
January 23, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7095W
Make and model
Piper PA28180
Aircraft serial
28882
Aircraft time
4,309 hours
Engine
Lyc O360A3A
Engine time
1,386 hours
Propeller
Snsnch 76EM8
Part
Bulkhead
Part number
624403
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
4,309 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

THE BULKHEAD, BRACKETS, AND DOUBLERS AT STA. 228.3 WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THIS BULKHEAD IS THE FRONT SUPPORT FOR THE VERTICAL STABILIZER/RUDDER ASSEMBLY. THE CORROSION COVERED AN AREA APPROXIMATE THE SIZE OF THE FRONT RUDDER ATTACHMENT BRACKET THAT IS PART OF THIS BULKHEAD ASSEMBLY. THE CORROSION WAS FOUND DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS ONLY VISIBLE, WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY, AS SLIGHT BUBBLING OF THE METAL ON THE BRACKETS FACING REARWARD THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AFORE MENTIONED BULKHEAD ASSEMBLY.

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