SDR 97ZZZX708

Service difficulty report · Channel · 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): 5520 · Elevator Structure
Part: Channel
Part number: 052300129
Condition: Corroded
Location: Elev
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 THE ELEV. CESSNA DID NOT PRIME ANY INTERNAL PARTS DURING MANUFACTURE RESULTING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. REPLACED PART, CLEANED, TREATED AND PRIMED WITH EPOXY PRIMER. RECOMMEND CESSNA DO LIKEWISE

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