In article yKNYg.4751$XX2.3882@dukeread04, p51mustang[threeX12]
@xxxhotmail.calm says...
There were reported cases of both breaking. Piper built all
the PA38 aircraft in a rush in order to beat Beech to the
market. Many of the airplanes were junk.

Interesting. I thought they built it in competition to the Cessna. I
know that a known potential weak point was in the T-tail, where the
thing is welded onto the control actuator (hope I've got that right). I
was told to always check that weld as best I could w' ma naked eye for
cracks.

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Duncan