Arrow annual woes

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1) The inspection part of Piper Service Bulletin 1161 resulted in
identification of cracks in both affected wing ribs. That's the bad news.
The good news is that the cracks are in locations that will allow the use of
the Piper repair kits, which Piper stocks. Jack Allison has posted on this
NG his horror story of replacing the ribs when the cracks precluded use of
the repair kits,

Misery does love company. Maybe when it's all said and done, our final
costs will be pretty close. I hope yours is less though. Glad you
could go the SB route vs. rib replacement. 1.3 AMUs is much better than
just north of 5 AMUs.

Sure can't complain about that kind of service life on the hydraulic
power pack...and for less than an AMU. That's just $29.63/year. Such a
deal. :-)


3) The biggie!

Ouch! I hate it when there's a biggie found at annual time (and I've
only been through one).

never done this job before but one of the assistant A&Ps has, and the
estimate is largely based upon his knowledge. Have any of you other
PA-28/PA-32 owners had this problem?

As JayH said, check into CPA. I've read a few things about the repairs
but don't recall costs involved.


Glad this is going to be split 3 ways!

Yes! That divide by three things sure does help make it easier to
swallow, eh?


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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