NTSB CALLS FOR INSPECTION PROGRAM ON HIGH-WING PIPER AIRCRAFT

Citing concern that strut fitting corrosion could cause "catastrophic in-flight structural failure" on high-wing Piper aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board last week recommended that FAA require thousands of owners of these aircraft to conduct recurrent inspections. The safety board's...

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