The FAA on, March 2, revised the emergency airworthiness directive for Cessna 402C and 414A airplanes. The new AD (2005-05-52) effectively increases the time between required wing spar inspections ...

Effective March 9, 2020, the FAA has ... through spar lower cap and carrying out mitigating preventative maintenance. The AD comes as the result of an in-flight breakup of a Cessna T210M in ...

Certain Cessna 172s are part of an AD requiring inspections at the strut attach fitting near the forward cabin doorpost. Julie Boatman The FAA published its final AD on inspections for a long ...

An emergency airworthiness directive (AD) has been issued requiring more frequent inspection of wing spars for cracks on the Cessna ... manufacturer's spar strap modification and last year the FAA ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ... in a Cessna Corvalis experienced a failure of the skin on the left wing. About seven feet of the left wing skin separated from the forward spar ...

A survey of AT-501, -502 and -502A models revealed similar cracking in two other aircraft, says the FAA. The AD requires visual inspection of the lower spar cap at the wing centre splice within ...

Last December, during a production audit test flight, about seven feet of the left wing skin on a Cessna Corvalis came apart from the forward spar, damaging a fuel tank. The FAA test pilot was ...

In July 2000, following the crash in Georgia, the FAA issued a mandate requiring wing spar inspections on all T-34 planes. According to FAA records, those inspections were never completed on the ...