Piper Access Plate Installation AD 2020-24-05

hey great job well done, cheers fro showing us ,best wishes NZ

Wow, that was awesome. Thanks

Nice work!

LOL, I did mine with a squeezer. I like that c squeeze. Mine is a 66 PA-32-260 with 4600TT, was real clean inside. Many years in hangars from previous owners. I found my kit on Ebay for $175.00, they were NOS from the 80's.

Good job sir, I worked the inspection door, both wings about 8 years ago. inspection check of spar bolts and corrosion check. I believe a Piper service bulletin or ?? My aircraft, A&PIA. I think before wing fall off.

Intriguing to watch.

Well done.

Nice job....

Where did you find the jig for that? My kit only has the doubler rivnut plate and the access panel. That jig would be super helpful cutting and de-burring the hole like you did. Nice video!

I am a little surprised that the FAA took so long in making these inspection panels an AD. As far as my memory serves me the U.K. CAA made such inspection panels a U.K. only AD back in the late 1970’s. This could of course reflect the much more corrosive environment of the UK’s maritime climate. My PA28-180 had these panels and panels in the baggage bay floor that enabled much better access for structural inspection. Living in a maritime environment I had ran a corrosion prevention program using CorrosionX ( having seen the very impressive US Army report on the product ) . CorrosionX virtually stopped the aircraft corroding with just a few minor external issues over the fifteen years I owned the aircraft ( & two C152’s ). As these aircraft get older corrosion prevention will become more critical and I can only recommend that owners put in place anti corrosion measures appropriate to the area they operate in as what is appropriate for the U.K.,Florida and Washington will be overkill in Arizona.

Feel like ive just been to the dentist

Awesome video HangaRatz, I'm about to make my cut out. BTW I am a licensed AME in Canada. The SB is not really clear on exact location. Could you share the measurement aft of the skin joint or spar rivet line to the aft edge of cutout and also the measurement from the fillet plate to the inboard part of the cutout. I have a kit very similar to yours including the template. Thank You for this video, this definitely helps.

I'm considering buying a 1976 PA-28 with the Hershey bar wing that needs this done. Any idea of an approximate cost an A&P would charge for this or number of hours involved ? Also, any idea of failure rates they are seeing out there ? Ratio of pass vs fail ?Thank you. Just subscribed !

Was there an alodine and prime step? Do you install the rivets wet with primer?

It appears that the inspection plate was recess mounted in this kit while the Piper Kit is a surface mount kit. Is this correct. Did this kit come with the fixture for locating the cut-out for the recess plate. The kits are not currently available. Can I legally make my own parts, install and note this in the log book entry.

Do you have a link to the parts used to make the owner produced kit?

I would love to buy or rent that Template from you. I cant find one anywhere. Thanks

How many hours to do both wings?

i sure hope you removed all FOD from inside that opening before did all that work.

I figured you would of vacuumed out all the fod after using the burr tool so it wouldn’t stay in the wing.