Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
May 20, 2016
Submitted
June 3, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9972V
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17264590
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

UPON PERFORMING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT INTERIOR KICK PANELS WERE REMOVED. CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE SOUNDPROOFING POLYMERIC SHEETS AND THE SKIN, WHERE AS THE AREA AROUND THESE ITEMS WAS NOT SUBJECT TO CORROSION. THE MATERIAL OF THE SHEETS THEMSELVES, OR THE ADHESIVE UTILIZED IN THEIR INSTALLATION, IS THE SUSPECTED CAUSE FOR EITHER CAUSING THE CORROSION THEMSELVES, OR ALLOWING FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MOISTURE.

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