SDR 95ZZZX1283

Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Piper PA28140

Difficulty date
February 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3961K
Make and model
Piper PA28140
Aircraft serial
2823841
Part
Attach Fitting
Part number
62448003
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
4,327 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

DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, LEFT AND RIGHT WING REAR ATTACH FITTINGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON LOWER PORTION OF FITTINGS. PIPER SB 977 PERTAINS TO THIS MATTER. ALSO, NOTED WAS CORROSION FOUND ON BOTH FITTINGS WHERE THEY PASS THROUGH THE FUSELAGE TO THE AFT WING SPAR. THE ONLY WAY THIS CORROSION WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND WAS BY REMOVAL OF THE FITTINGS. THIS AREA SHOWED APPROX THE SAME AMOUNT OF CORROSION AS DID THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FITTINGS.

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