AD 2025-03-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A Airplanes

AD Number
2025-03-09
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2025-0202
FR Citation
90 FR 9599

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A Airworthiness Directives; Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

The disconnection of a rudder pedals torque tube from one of its hinges could cause the rudder pedals assembly to slip out of its housing resulting in the inability of the flightcrew to maintain the safe flight and landing of the airplane and loss of control of the airplane.

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Required Actions

Modifying the airplane by installing larger diameter retainer washers on both the left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) rudder pedals torque tube hinges, installing new self-locking nuts, doing a functional or operating test of the system to ensure the retaining washers are installed properly, and applying a torque stripe on the LH and RH nuts and bolts threads.

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Compliance Time

Within 25 hours time-in-service or 30 days, whichever occurs first after the effective date of this AD.

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Affected Aircraft

Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam S.P.A. Model P2010 and P2010 TDI airplanes, except those on which Tecnam Modification MOD2010/359 has been embodied.

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Retrieved: Apr 6, 2026

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