Airworthiness Directive

AD 2024-16-06 89 FR 67267 Superseded

Federal Aviation Administration · 14 CFR part 39

Requires repetitively inspecting the left and right, forward and rear, horizontal stabilizer spars for cracks at shorter intervals than those required by AD 2023-15-07, replacing any horizontal stabilizer spar found cracked or…

FR document
2024-18586
Amendment
39-22812
Published
2024-08-20
Effective
2024-09-04
Models covered
1

Last live check: 2026-08-19

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2024-16-06

FR doc 2024-18586 · 89 FR 67267

AD 2024-16-06Published 2024-08-20Effective 2024-09-04

Superseded by 2026-16-12 Supersedes 2023-15-07

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FAA rule - 14 CFR 39

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Requires repetitively inspecting the left and right, forward and rear, horizontal stabilizer spars for cracks at shorter intervals than those required by AD 2023-15-07, replacing any horizontal stabilizer spar found cracked or damaged, installing bathtub fittings, and reporting inspection results to the FAA.

Full official abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2023-15- 07, which applied to all Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Model AT-802 and AT-802A airplanes with Wipaire, Inc. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) No. SA01795CH installed. AD 2023-15-07 required repetitively inspecting the left and right forward horizontal stabilizer spars for cracks, replacing any forward horizontal stabilizer spar found cracked, and reporting inspection results to the FAA. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the left and right, forward and rear, horizontal stabilizer spars for cracks at shorter intervals than those required by AD 2023-15-07, replacing any horizontal stabilizer spar found cracked or damaged, installing bathtub fittings, and reporting inspection results to the FAA. This AD was prompted by additional reports of cracks in the horizontal stabilizer spars and the need to incorporate a new finlet attach design on the horizontal stabilizer spars to reduce the cracking. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

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