AD/PA-38/22 - Aft Vertical Fin Spar - Inspection

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

 


Piper PA-38 (Tomahawk) Series Aeroplanes

 

AD/PA-38/22 Aft Vertical Fin Spar - Inspection 3/83

Applicability: All model PA-38-112 with S/Nos. 38-78A0001 to 38-80A0198. Document:  Piper Service Bulletin No. 745 Part IV.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 March 1983 for aircraft which have achieved 2500 hours time in service and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 200 hours time in service.

 

Background:  Manufacturers testing has revealed that cracks may develop in the aft vertical fin spar and bulkhead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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