SDR 97ZZZX700

Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 172P

Difficulty date: December 18, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N67688
Make and model: Cessna 172P
Aircraft serial: 17275609
System (JASC): 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 05230119
Condition: Corroded
Location: Lt Wing
Part time: 5,864 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 HEAVY TO SEVERE CORROSION, POPPED RIVETS, THROUGHOUT THIS WING ASSY. THE INTERNAL PARTS OF WING WERE NOT PROTECTED FROM CORROSION DURING MANUFACTURE. REPLACED PART, CLEANED, TREATED, AND PRIMED WITH EPOXY PRIMER. RECOMMEND CESSNA DO LIKEWISE.

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