AD/SWSA226/86 Amdt 3 - Wing Spar Centre Web Cutout (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/SWSA226/86 Amdt 2 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Fairchild (Swearingen) SA226 and SA227 Series Aeroplanes AD/SWSA226/86 Amdt 3 Wing Spar Centre Web Cutout 4/2009 Applicability: SA226-AT AT001 through AT074 SA226-TC TC201 through TC419 SA226-T T201 through T291 SA226-T(B) T(B)276 and T(B)292 through T(B)417 SA227-TT TT421 through TT541 SA227-TT(300) TT(300)447, TT(300)465, TT(300)471, TT(300)483, TT(300)512, TT(300)518, TT(300)521, TT(300)527, TT(300)529, and TT(300)536. SA227-AC AC406, AC415, AC416, and AC420 through AC785 SA227-AT AT423 through AT631 and AT695 SA227-BC BC762, BC764, BC766, and BC770 through BC789 SA227-CC/DC CC/DC784 and CC/DC790 through CC/DC896 Requirement: 1. Inspect each wing spar centre web cutout for cracks between Wing Station (WS) 8 and WS 17.5. Accomplish this inspection in accordance with one of the following: