AD 95-24-14 60 FR 61647

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8 series airplanes. This action requires eddy current inspections to detect cracking of the pivot tubes in the drag strut of the nose landing gear (NLG), and repair or replacement of any cracked tube with a serviceable or new tube. This amendment is prompted by reports that the pivot tubes cracked or failed completely due to fatigue. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent such fatigue cracking and subsequent failure of the pivot tube, which could result in a nose gear-up landing.