# SDR AU960471

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 11, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Piper PA-28-235
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Engine: Lyc O540B4B5
- System (JASC): [5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5753)
- Part: Rib
- Part number: 6232002
- Condition: Corroded
- Location: Wing Te Sys
- Component: 2232002
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU960471

## Discrepancy

(AUS) RH WING FLAP HAS EXTENSIVE CORROSION BETWEEN THE STEEL ATTACHMENT BRACKETS AND THE INTERNAL NOSE RIBS - ALL RIBS HAD PARTED FROM THE ATTACHMENT BRACKETS - THE TRAILING SKIN RIB SITUATED UNDER AND ON THE OUTER END OF THE STRENGTHENED WALKWAY PORTION OF THE FLAP HAD CORRODED AWAY TO VIRTUALLY NOTHING - AIRCRAFT IS OF 1963VINTAGE WITH ONLY 2100 HOURS TTIS - NO CORROSION PROTECTION WAS APPLIED DURING MANUFACTURE

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.