AD 97-13-02 62 FR 35959

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-13-02, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. (Diamond) Model DA 20-A1 airplanes. This AD requires fabricating and installing a placard and inserting limitations into the airplane's flight manual limitations section prohibiting spin maneuvers until a modification is installed. This AD results from an occurrence where a pilot's shoe jammed between the rudder control pedal and the firewall during a spin recovery in a Canadian registered HOAC-Austria Model DV 20 KATANA airplane. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the pilot's shoe from becoming jammed between the rudder pedal and firewall which could result in loss of control of the airplane.