# SDR FQAR20170504021

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 4, 2017
- Submitted: May 8, 2017
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N433PA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N433PA), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-44-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 4496063
- Aircraft time: 9,405 hours
- Engine: Lyc O360A1H6
- System (JASC): [5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5720)
- Part: Angle
- Part number: 104629003
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Lt Wing
- Part time: 669 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FQAR20170504021

## Discrepancy

AN ANGLE AT WING STA 49.25 IN THE LEFT WING WAS FOUND CRACKED. ANGLE WAS LAST INSTALLED AS TERMINATING ACTION OF PIPER SB 1161; HOWEVER, THE ANGLES REQUIRED BY THIS SB CRACK AS FREQUENTLY AS THE RIBS THEY REPLACE.

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