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AD 2016-16-03 Airworthiness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited Airplanes
Makes named: pacific aerospace. Models named: FU24-954, FU24A-954. Read the applicability below — it usually turns on serial or part numbers too.
Applicability*9
This AD applies to Pacific Aerospace Limited Models FU24-954 and FU24A-954 airplanes, all serial numbers, that are: (1) Equipped with an elevator torque tube, part number (P/N) 242837, 242527, 242835, or 242646; and (2) Certificated in any category.
Compliance
Unless already done, do the following actions. (1) Within the next 25 hours time-in-service after September 8, 2016 (the effective date of this AD), do a detailed visual inspection of the elevator torque tube for cracks. (2) Before further flight after the inspection required in paragraph (f)(1) of this AD, replace the elevator torque tube with a serviceable elevator torque tube if any cracks are found. Do the replacement following Chapter 27, Flight Controls, dated May 1980, of the Maintenance Manual for the Fletcher FU24 and FU24A Post-954, Pacific Aerospace Corporation, Ltd. Note 1 to paragraph (f) of this AD: This AD does not affect the required repetitive inspections of the control column/elevator torque tubes as specified in the FAA-approved maintenance program.
Required actions
The following provisions also apply to this AD: (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Standards Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN: Karl Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4123; fax: (816) 329-4090; email: karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov. Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local FSDO. (2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain corrective actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered FAA-approved if they are approved by the State of Design Authority (or their delegated agent). You are required to assure the product is airworthy before it is returned to service.
Unsafe condition
This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as cracks found in the elevator torque tubes. We are issuing this AD to prevent failure of the elevator torque tube, which could cause loss of elevator and aileron control.
Affected ADs
None.
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