ECI cylinders revisited

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Re: ECI cylinders revisited

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Aryana wrote:George, just curious...how did you catch that corrosion after only 3 months since the last annual? That's a scary one...
Aryana...that intergranular corrosion did not occur after only 3 months from last inspection. That's when it was DISCOVERED. That corrosion (intergranular) does not occur in only 3 months... it sometimes takes years to develop to that degree...and sometimes may occur in one-year to a smaller degreee...but THAT corrosion wasn't new...it was overlooked/undiscovered because Alan Dunn and Capitol Wings did not properly inspect that attach fitting despite the fact that the Cessna inspection program they claim to have used, and the Cessna forms they actually attached their certificate numbers and signatures to.... specifically stated they had removed that fairing and inspected that fitting. Image

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