SDR 95ZZZX2442

Service difficulty report · Spar · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
May 9, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N80487
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17266614
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Part number
05230181
Condition
Holes Elongated
Location
Lt Wing
Part time
4,215 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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 UPPER LIFT STRUT ATTACH BOLT HOLE ELONGATED IN SPAR. FORK AND SPEAR HOLES WERE OKAY. CONTACTED CESSNA TECH REP FOR THEIR ADVICE ON A REPAIR. WAS TOLD BY CESSNA TECH REP AND ENGINEER TO GREASE BOLT AND LUBE PARTS WELL ACF-50, AND RESASSEMBLE. CONTACTED A LOCAL DER WHO DREW UP A REPAIR TO REAM BOLT HOLE TO .0156 INCH OVERSIZE AND USE CLOSE TOLERANCE BOLT. ALL PLAY WAS REMOVED AND STRUT NO LONGER 'SQUEAKED.'.

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