AD 90-02-09

final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; GROB WERKE GmbH & COMPANY KG (BURKHART GROB) Models TWIN ASTIR and TWIN ASTIR TRAINER, G103 TWIN II and G103A TWIN II ACRO Gliders

AD Number
90-02-09
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Unknown
FR Citation
This information is not available.

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Burkhart Grob Luft-Und G103 Twin Astir Airworthiness Directives; GROB WERKE GmbH & COMPANY KG (BURKHART GROB) Models TWIN ASTIR and TWIN ASTIR TRAINER, G103 TWIN II and G103A TWIN II ACRO Gliders
aircraft Burkhart Grob Luft-Und G103 Twin II Airworthiness Directives; GROB WERKE GmbH & COMPANY KG (BURKHART GROB) Models TWIN ASTIR and TWIN ASTIR TRAINER, G103 TWIN II and G103A TWIN II ACRO Gliders
aircraft Burkhart Grob Luft-Und G103A Twin II Acro Airworthiness Directives; GROB WERKE GmbH & COMPANY KG (BURKHART GROB) Models TWIN ASTIR and TWIN ASTIR TRAINER, G103 TWIN II and G103A TWIN II ACRO Gliders

Unsafe Condition

Failure of the wing spar spigots.

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Required Actions

Within 500 takeoffs after the effective date, inspect the wing spar spigots using GROB WERKE Technical Information TM 315-36. If damage is found, remove and replace the spigot with a Fail-Safe Spigot before further flight. If no damage, replace spigots with Fail-Safe Spigots within 500 takeoffs.

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Compliance Time

Within the next 500 takeoffs after the effective date of this AD

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Affected Aircraft

Models TWIN ASTIR (S/N 3000-3291), TWIN ASTIR TRAINER, G103 TWIN II (S/N 3501-3878 and 33879-34078), and G103A TWIN II ACRO (S/N 3544-34078) gliders.

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