Does Piper buy aluminum from Hydro Extrusion Portland?

[zaitcev]

Good job, someone:

NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and 2011, respectively: faulty materials provided by aluminum manufacturer, Sapa Profiles (SPI). LSP’s technical investigation led to the involvement of NASA’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s efforts, recently made public, resulted in the resolution of criminal charges and alleged civil claims against SPI, and its agreement to pay $46 million to the U.S. government and other commercial customers. This relates to a 19-year scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions to hundreds of customers.

https://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2019/05/01/nasa-determines-cause-of-taurus-xl-launch-failures/

Do you think Piper made PA-28 spars from this stuff? If so, no wonder wings fly off Archers made in 2007, while Cherokees from 1968 still soldier on despite the abuse by students.

There's more about this tangled web of junk aluminum in this article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydro_Extruded_Solutions

I'm most concerned that Alcoa managed to get into a JV with Sapa. Now even the #1 brand in aluminum is tainted.