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Wing skin cracks

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I am interested in this 1972 Cherokee Six 300:
http://www.flywildblue.com/airplane-for-sale/1972-piper-cherokee-6/n1327t

The ad says there are cracks in the wing skins and shows two of them.

The first picture is the top of the left wing. If you look closely you can see the two cracks. One is at about 6" inches to the left of the fuselage.

The Second and third pictures are closeups of the two cracks I described and are shown in the first picture.

I have tried to find and read all the threads in this section of the BBS on Cherokee Sixes and on wing skin cracks. Are these cracks a problem. How can you tell if the one crack across the rib has progressed down into the rib lip that the cracked skin is riveted too?

Thanks!

Wing crack Cherokee 300 overview.JPG


Cherokee600 wing cracks 2.JPG


Cherokee300 wing crack.JPG
 
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