SDR 97ZZZX703

Service difficulty report · Skin · Cessna 172P

Difficulty date: December 18, 1996
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N64688
Make and model: Cessna 172P
Aircraft serial: 17275609
System (JASC): 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 05230118
Condition: Corroded
Location: Rt 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 WING ASSEMBLY. THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE WING WERE NOT PROTECTED FROM THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CORROSION DURING MANUFACTURE. REPLACED PART, CLEANED, TREATED, AND PRIMED WITH EPOXY PRIMER. RECOMMEND CESSNA DO LIKEWISE.

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