Service difficulty report · Tube Frame · Piper PA23250

Difficulty date
June 12, 2009
Submitted
August 3, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA23250
Aircraft time
6,684 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540C4B5
Propeller
Hartzl HCE2YR2
Part
Tube Frame
Part number
1713444
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) FUSELAGE FRAME TUBING, SPECIFICALLY LWR LONGERONS, FOUND TO HAVE SERIOUS EXTERNAL CORROSION. DETECTED BY ANOTHER AMO DURING MX, OUR AMO WAS BROUGHT IN TO COMPLETE REPAIRS TO THE TUBING. WHEN RT TUBE WAS CUT TO FACILITATE REPAIRS THERE WAS MOISTURE PRESENT AND SERIOUS INTERNAL CORROSION, BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIRS.

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