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AD 76-18-06 ACTIVE

Elevator Structure
Key Information
AD Number 76-18-06 Status Active
Effective Date September 10, 1976 Issue Date August 26, 1976
Docket Number Unknown Amendment 39-2716
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section --- - _EMPTY_
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Piper Aircraft Inc.
Model(s) PA-31T
Regulatory Text

76-18-06 PIPER: Amendment 39-2716. Applies to Model PA-31T, Serial Nos. 31T-7400001 through 31T-7620039 certificated in all categories.

To prevent possible hazards in flight associated with cracks in the elevator and elevator tab support structure, accomplish the following within the next fifty hours in service after the effective date of this AD unless previously accomplished.

(a) Alter the stabilizer/elevator/elevator tab structure in accordance with Piper Elevator Hinge Modification Kit No. 761 056 or approved equivalent alteration.

(b) Equivalent alterations must be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Eastern Region.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 504 refers to this subject.)

This amendment is effective September 10, 1976.

Office of Primary Responsibility
["AIR-720: Operational Safety Branch"]