AD 2025-17-08

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Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes

AD Number
2025-17-08
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2025-1107
FR Citation
90 FR 41290

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland Various Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes
aircraft Bombardier Inc Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes
aircraft Viking Various Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes
aircraft de Havilland Various Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes
aircraft Aviat Various Airworthiness Directives; Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

a missing stabilizer actuator lock ring, which can cause the stabilizer actuator clamp nut to separate from the stabilizer barrel by unthreading, resulting in a reduction or loss of pitch control during flight with consequent loss of control of the airplane.

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Required Actions

repetitively inspect the stabilizer actuator to confirm that the stabilizer actuator lock ring is present, correctly seated in the groove in the upper housing, and engaged in the clamp nut; take applicable corrective actions; apply a witness mark (torque seal); and install a secondary retention feature as terminating action for the repetitive inspections

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Compliance Time

Within 330 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD

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Affected Aircraft

Viking Air Limited (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland, Inc.) Model DHC-3 airplanes, all serial numbers

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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