Owen Bell - Aviation Enterprises

[N5ZX]

Okie Dokie...

Here is what I found in my cursory look-see.

Left wing:

A few smoking rivets (barely visible in image 1406).

Warped Metal at/near WS-150. The warps are so shallow that I had to get creative with the lighing to make them show up on the photo.


The shop here cant get to it until mid week so I'm on pins and needles for now.

I cant wait to hear back if I have an unsafe wing or if I am good to fly (ALWAYS well within placarded limitations). Then I'll be able to start sleeping again.

If any of yall have any thoughts / opinions / or similar findings, please share them with me. The FAA is saying that this is apparently becoming a fairly common finding with those plane mounting BOTH the extended tips AND the winglets.

It seems like the should be some way of splinting the top and bottom of the wing to give it more linear rigidity....and maybe while they are at it re-vamp the fuel cap interface so we can get Monarch Caps....since they dont think there is enough of us to get their wonderful product approved for out wonderful planes....Grrrrr....

Clear Skies, all....

Cole