AD 96-10-12 61 FR 24684

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Aviat Aircraft, Inc. (Aviat) Models S-1S, S-1T, S-2, S-2A, S-2S, and S-2B airplanes that are equipped with a flight control stick with a wall thickness of .035 inch. This action requires repetitively inspecting the flight control stick for cracks, and replacing any cracked flight control stick with one with a wall thickness of .058 inch. An incident on an Aviat Model S-2A airplane where the flight control stick fractured in flight prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the inability to maneuver the airplane because of a cracked flight control stick, which, if not detected and corrected, could result in loss of control of the airplane.