AD Amdt-39-14564

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Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-501 Airplanes

AD Number
Amdt-39-14564
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2006-23647
FR Citation
71 FR 19628

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-501 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-501 Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Fatigue cracks in the wing lower spar cap before the originally established safe life is reached, which could result in failure of the spar cap and lead to wing separation and loss of control of the airplane.

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Required Actions

Retains the actions required in AD 2002-11-05 for Model AT-501 airplanes, including eddy-current inspections of the wing lower spar cap immediately before doing the replacement/modification to detect and correct any crack in a bolt hole before it extends to the modified center section of the wing.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours after the effective date of this AD.

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Affected Aircraft

Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-501 airplanes.

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