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Subject: Europa-List: Cracks on the cockpit module near to the seat belts
From: ploucandco <jacques@platisource.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:29:44

Hello all,

Doing a thorough check today, I found some cracks on both side of the central 
tunnel
near the seat belts (see pictures). I would like to understand the gravity
of these ones. I see the following options:
- my aircraft is grounded till repair (my current assumption)
- I can continue to fly with checking if the cracks are not further progressing
after every flight

In order to repair, what do I need to organise?
- a new cockpit module -> that seems to be a drastic repair and maybe not even
possible without separating the bottom from the top of the plane
- a local fix, but how to ensure structural integrity in this case?
I am not the builder but can find experienced people in fiberglass work (glider
repair expert).

The plane is a monowheel. I got a gear up landing last year, about 20 hours ago.
I see this one as the root cause of the cracks, but I could be wrong.

Any advice is welcome. 

Jacques.


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