Jay Honeck wrote:
Augh! That really, really sucks, Jack.
Yes, suckage level is extremely high. Right at the one year ownership
point too. Oh well, I'll have some great show and tell pictures for
Oshkosh. What an excuse to have folks crawl around in the grass under
my plane :-)


Two good things:

1. It sounds like the kind of thing that only gets worse over time.
You are wise to get it over and done with now.
Yep, and if it becomes an AD, I'd expect we will have permanently
complied by replacing the ribs.

2. You caught it far enough before OSH as to not interfere with your
trip. (Well, unless your shop REALLY sucks.) THAT could have ruined
your whole summer.
Also very true.


I'll bet this problem is going to rival the Lycoming crankshaft AD by
the time all is said and done. There are a LOT of Piper retracts out
there.

It's going to be interesting to see how many folks opt for performing
the SB and how many find cracks. I only know of one other aircraft that
found cracks (Dick Russ's Lance)...but it's still very early with this
one.

I'm also very interested to see if this does become an AD.

--
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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