Service difficulty report · Spar · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
May 23, 2007
Submitted
May 23, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5145U
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft serial
172RG0258
Aircraft time
14,529 hours, 40,000 cycles
Engine
Lyc O360F1A6
Engine time
6,113 hours
Propeller
Mcauly B2D34C220
Part
Spar
Part number
051212497
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Part time
14,529 hours, 40,000 cycles
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

FOUND SMOKING RIVETS ON TOP OF FUSELAGE IN AREA OF THE REAR CENTER SECTION SPAR. REMOVED RIVETS (APPROX. EIGHT ON EACH END OF SPAR) AND FOUND RIVET HOLES SEVERELY ELONGATED. FACTORY ORIGINAL RIVETS WERE .1250 INCH DIA. AND SEVERAL HAD BEEN REPLACED IN THE FIELD WITH .1562 INCH RIVETS. ALL OF THE AFFECTED RIVET HOLES HAD BECOME OVERSIZED TO AN EXTENT THAT RENDERED THE SPAR AND OVERLAPPING FUSELAGE SKINS UNSERVICEABLE.

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