AD Amdt-39-10922

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Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-300, AT-400, and AT-500 Series Airplanes

AD Number
Amdt-39-10922
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. 98-CE-62-AD
FR Citation
63 FR 66743

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Air Tractor, Inc. AT-300, AT-400, and AT-500 Series Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-300, AT-400, and AT-500 Series Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Jack screw breaking through the roll pin hole on the flap actuator overtravel stop, leading to interference between the flap pushrod and the aileron pushrod, which could result in loss of aileron control.

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Required Actions

Replace the existing flap actuator overtravel stop with a new one of improved design, part number 70975-1, in accordance with Snow Engineering Co. Service Letter #165, dated May 15, 1998.

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Compliance Time

Within the next 50 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

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Affected Aircraft

Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401A, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A airplanes, serial numbers 300-0001 through 401B-1063 and 502-0001 through 502B-0500, that do not have part number 70975-1 installed.

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