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AD 67-23-07 ACTIVE

Glider Tow Couplings
Key Information
AD Number 67-23-07 Status Active
Effective Date August 19, 1967 Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment 39-449
Product Type ["Appliance"] Product Subtype Not specified
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation Federal Register: July 20, 1967
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Tost
Model(s) Glider Tow Couplings
Regulatory Text

67-23-07 TOST: Amdt. No. 39-449, Part 39, Federal Register July 20, 1967. Applies to Tost Type Universal 53 Glider Tow Couplings with Serial Numbers 1 through 29999, Installed on Schempp-Hirth Models Standard Austria S, SH, and SH-1; Scheibe Flugzeugbau Models L-Spatz 55, Bergfalke II 55, and SF 26A; and Alexander Schleicher Models Ka 6 CR, Ka 6 E, K 7, and K 8 B gliders.

Compliance required within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To reduce the release load on the glider coupling when the tow cable imposes asymmetrical loads, replace, in accordance with Tost Modification No. 2/65, dated November 9, 1965, or FAA-approved equivalent, the bracket type automatic releases of the tow coupling with ring type automatic releases that conform to the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt approved type certificate 60.290/11 or later approved issue, or FAA-approved equivalent.

This amendment effective August 19, 1967.