What was found
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, THE LT WING AFT HAT CHANNEL WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON THE I/B END, THIS OPERATOR HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF THE SAME MODEL A/C AND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE THAT MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT.
- Difficulty date
- September 16, 2019
- Submitted
- September 19, 2019
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N745PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2881017
- Aircraft time
- 1,215 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Channel
- Part number
- 62086005
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 1,215 hours
- 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.