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AD 2004-17-01 69 FR 50056 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires you to repetitively inspect the flap bellcranks for cracks and eventually replace these bellcranks.

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FR document
04-18554
Amendment
39-13772
Published
2004-08-13
Effective
2004-09-26
Models covered
1

Last live check: 2026-08-19

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AD

2004-17-01

FR doc 04-18554 · 69 FR 50056

AD 2004-17-01Published 2004-08-13Effective 2004-09-26

Supersedes 2002-22-17, 2003-21-04

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FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

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Requires you to repetitively inspect the flap bellcranks for cracks and eventually replace these bellcranks.

Full official abstract

The FAA supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD 2002-22-17, which applies to all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes; and AD 2003-21-04, which applies to certain Cessna Models 208 and 208B airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the flap bellcranks for cracks and eventually replace these bellcranks. The installation of a newly designed bellcrank to increase the life limits is terminating action for the repetitive inspections. This AD is the result of these developments: Since FAA issued AD 2002- 22-17 and AD 2003-21-04, Cessna designed a new flap bell crank with a life limit of 40,000 landings instead of 7,000 landings. Also, FAA has done more analysis and examination of cracks and missing/incomplete welds in all of the bell cranks. This failure could lead to damage to the flap system and surrounding structure and result in reduced or loss of control of the airplane.

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