PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC.
PA-28-161, WARRIOR III
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
PAGE 2
Nov 30/06
4F14
55-30-00
2. Vertical Fin Skin Bead Repair
NOTE: This repair is authorized only as a temporary measure until replacement parts (i.e. - skins) can
be obtained and installed.
A. Repair of minor cracks in Warrior III vertical fin skin surfaces is authorized, but limited as follows:
(1) Cracks of no more that 0.5 inch at the ends of the skin stiffening beads;
(2) No more than two cracks per surface side;
(3) Cracks are limited to either end of a bead (refer to Figure 1), but not on the same bead.
B. Proceed as follows:
(1) Only cracks confined to the bead end area shown in Figure 1 may be repaired;
(2) Cracks 0.5 inch long or less may be repaired by stop drilling;
(3) Stop drill the extreme ends of the crack with a #50 (0.070) drill.
NOTE: Cracks stop drilled once cannot be stop drilled again, should crack growth continue.
0.5 INCH MAX.
To Next Page
Loading...
