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2026-03-06

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Undetected cracks in the engine mount and vertical stabilizer front and rear spar caps could result in reduced structural integrity and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane.

Effective: Mar 13, 2026 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 150 hours time-in-service (TIS) or 12 months after the effective date of this AD, whicheve...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft turbine engine assembly
Problem area Engine

2025-23-08 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Damaged intercooler inlet and outlet hoses could result in a loss of manifold pressure and consequent loss of engine power, potentially leading to a forced landing, damage to the airplane, and inju...

Effective: Dec 2, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight or within 50 flight hours of operation.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2025-11-09 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: mis-wired fire extinguishing bottles

Effective: Jul 11, 2025 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2024-15-09

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Failure of either of a pair of opto-isolators within the ATLAS Control Unit (ACU) can prevent an enable signal from being sent to the TACS Control Units (TCUs), resulting in un-annunciated loss of ...

Effective: Oct 22, 2024 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months of the effective date (October 22, 2024)

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2023-02-17

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Corrosion of the carry-thru spar lower cap can lead to fatigue cracking or reduced structural strength of the carry-thru spar, which, if not addressed, could result in wing separation and loss of c...

Effective: Mar 20, 2023 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 flight hours

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2022-08-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Reports of seat belt center bracket failures from overstress. The original aluminum seat belt center bracket does not have sufficient strength and can fail due to overstress during incidents and ac...

Effective: May 17, 2022 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2020-24-06

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc., (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Malfunction of the Tamarack Active Load Alleviation System (ATLAS) winglets, which could lead to loss of control of the airplane.

Effective: Dec 28, 2020 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc., (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2020-26-05

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: The failure of the throttle quadrant assembly (TQA) sensor link and sensor drive arm pivot, which can cause an asymmetrical uncommanded high-thrust that cannot be corrected by the flight crew in ce...

Effective: Dec 17, 2020 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 50 hours time-in-service

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2020-03-16

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company)

Unsafe Condition: Corrosion of the carry-thru spar lower cap can lead to fatigue cracking or reduced structural strength of the carry-thru spar, which could result in separation of the wing and loss of airplane cont...

Effective: Mar 9, 2020 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 60 days after the effective date of this AD.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company)

2019-08-13

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Malfunction of the Tamarack active load alleviation system (ATLAS) may reduce the pilot's ability to control the airplane, leading to loss of control of the airplane with consequent loss of life.

Effective: May 24, 2019 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation, Inc. Airplanes

2017-06-13 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Manufacturing defect affecting the durability of the aft canted bulkhead metallic structure, directly impacting the bond integrity of the vertical and horizontal stiffeners. Loss of bond integrity ...

Effective: May 2, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months of effective date (May 2, 2017)

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Technical illustration of a riveted aircraft structural panel and frame
Problem area Airframe structure

2017-04-14

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Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Inadequate separation between the fuel tube and electrical wire bundle could result in chafing, a possible fuel leak, and electrical arcing, which could lead to a fuel ignition source and possible ...

Effective: Mar 9, 2017 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the compliance times specified in the service information (see Docket No. FAA-2017-0122).

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Textron Aviation Inc. (Type Certificate Previously Held by Cessna Aircraft Company) Airplanes

2015-17-12 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Excessive wear of the brushes in the air conditioning (A/C) motor can cause sparking, leading to rivet contact with the commutator, which may result in fire and/or smoke in the tailcone with no mea...

Effective: Sep 29, 2015 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

2015-07-03 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Cracks found across the engine mount beams, caused by fatigue, could result in failure of an engine mount beam and lead to engine separation with consequent loss of power and loss of control.

Effective: Apr 24, 2015 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft turbine engine assembly
Problem area Engine

2012-26-15 R1

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Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc. Air Data Pressure Transducers

Unsafe Condition: Inaccuracies of the pressure sensors could result in altitude, computed airspeed, true airspeed, and Mach computation errors, which could reduce the ability of the flightcrew to maintain the safe f...

Effective: Dec 3, 2014 Category: appliance Compliance: before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc. Air Data Pressure Transducers

2014-18-01

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Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. Transponders

Unsafe Condition: The TDR-94 and TDR-94D Mode S transponder internal software does not correctly implement the air/ground override function when the airplane type code strapping is set to any value other than (1) or...

Effective: Oct 14, 2014 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. Transponders

2014-03-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Accretion of ice on protected and unprotected surfaces during inadvertent icing encounters can result in large increases in stall speed and changes to handling characteristics, leading to aerodynam...

Effective: Apr 7, 2014 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

2013-11-11

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: new reports of internal failure of the improved engine oil pressure switch, which could result in complete loss of engine oil with consequent partial or complete loss of engine power or fire.

Effective: Aug 1, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 12 months after August 1, 2013

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft turbine engine assembly
Problem area Engine

2013-11-10

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: During maximum braking, if the brakes lock up and a skid occurs, a severe oscillatory yawing motion or 'wheel walk' may develop, which could result in further significant structural damage to the a...

Effective: Jul 26, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft landing gear and wheel assembly
Problem area Landing gear

2013-09-11 Recurring

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Multiple reports of smoke and/or fire in the tailcone caused by sparking due to excessive wear of the brushes in the air conditioning (A/C) motor. The brushes could wear down, causing the rivet in ...

Effective: Jul 5, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 30 days or 10 flight hours after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs first.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

2013-08-05

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Reports of smoke and/or fire in the tailcone caused by brushes wearing beyond their limits on the A/C motor.

Effective: May 30, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 30 days after May 30, 2013, or within the next 10 hours time-in-service (TIS) after May 30...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

2004-21-08 R1

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Aileron Control System

Effective: May 9, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: before May 9, 2013

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

Amdt-39-17400

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Cracks or corrosion in the inboard aileron hinge brackets could lead to structural failure of the aileron system.

Effective: Apr 29, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Before further flight

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls

2013-04-03

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Loss of displayed airspeed due to potential failure of certain cabin altitude/pitot static heater module assemblies.

Effective: Apr 11, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within 600 flight hours or one year after the effective date of the AD, whichever occurs first.

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

2013-03-15

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Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition: Chafing of the fuel return line assembly caused by rubbing against the right steering tube assembly during rudder pedal actuation.

Effective: Mar 19, 2013 Category: aircraft Compliance: Within the later of: next annual inspection, 100 hours time-in-service, or 12 calendar months aft...

Why matched: Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

Technical illustration of an aircraft flight control surface and actuator
Problem area Flight controls