COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Cessna 177 Series Aeroplanes
AD/CESSNA 177/27 Flying Control System Turnbuckles 4/80
Applicability: All models 177, F177RG & 177RG with S/Nos. 17702615 to 17702752, F177RG00165 to F177RG00177, 177RG01114 to 177RG01366.
Requirement: Action in accordance with Cessna SIL No. SE 80-16. Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 30 April 1980.
Background: Some of the AN 155 brass turnbuckles used in the control system may have longitudinal cracks radiating from the turnbuckle end.