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AD 2023-02-04 88 FR 5246 Active

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires inspecting to determine whether a certain elevator balance weight is installed.

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FR document
2023-01730
Amendment
39-22311
Published
2023-01-27
Effective
2023-02-13
Models covered
1

Last live check: 2026-08-19

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AD

2023-02-04

FR doc 2023-01730 · 88 FR 5246

AD 2023-02-04Published 2023-01-27Effective 2023-02-13

FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

FAA rule. Compliance with an applicable AD is required under 14 CFR 39.7. Check its effective date, applicability, compliance times and current status.

Requires inspecting to determine whether a certain elevator balance weight is installed.

Full official abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Mooney International Corporation Model M20C, M20D, M20E, M20F, and M20G airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of the hybrid material elevator balance weight cracking. This AD requires inspecting to determine whether a certain elevator balance weight is installed. If installed, this AD requires inspecting each affected elevator balance weight for corrosion and cracking, and depending on the findings, either replacing each affected elevator balance weight with a non- hybrid (lead) elevator balance weight or repetitively inspecting each affected elevator balance weight. This AD also prohibits the installation of an affected elevator balance weight on any airplane. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

More directives for Mooney M20

  1. AD 2021-10-17 Airworthiness Directives; Mooney International Corporation Airplanes Effective 2021-07-07
  2. AD 2014-15-18 Airworthiness Directives; Mooney International Corporation Airplanes Effective 2014-08-20
  3. AD 2012-05-09 Airworthiness Directives; Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. (Mooney) Airplan... Effective 2012-03-20
  4. AD 2012-03-52 Airworthiness Directives; Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. (Mooney) Airplan... Effective 2012-02-29
  5. AD 2007-05-04 Airworthiness Directives; Mooney Airplane Company, Inc., (Mooney) Models... Effective 2007-04-09

All Mooney M20 directives

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Applies to 1 model in our index