AD 95-12-16 60 FR 31240

This amendment supersedes priority letter Airworthiness Directive (AD) 95-07-04, which currently requires the following on certain Mooney Aircraft Corporation (Mooney) Model M20R airplanes: repetitively inspecting the exhaust system for cracks, replacing the exhaust system if any cracks are found, and reporting to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) any cracks found. This action retains the repetitive inspection requirement of AD 95-07-04 until the exhaust system is modified, and requires eventual modification of the exhaust system on the affected airplanes. Several reports of exhaust system cracks on Mooney Model M20R airplanes prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent an airplane engine fire that could result from exhaust system cracks.