What was found
DURING AN INSPECTION, FOUND THE STIFFENER ON THE LOWER SKIN, UNDER THE CARGO BAY FLOOR CRACKED, CRACKING APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY OIL CANNING OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN.
- Difficulty date
- March 24, 2018
- Submitted
- March 28, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N417PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843524
- Aircraft time
- 3,691 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Canning
- Location
- Fuselage
- Part time
- 3,690 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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