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AD/AA-5/22 - Aileron Torque Tube - Inspection and Modification

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This mandatory CASA airworthiness directive requires owners/operators of certain Gulfstream AA‑5 aircraft to inspect and modify the aileron torque tube within 25 flight hours after 4 July 1979. It targets AA5A and AA5B aircraft in specified serial ranges and AA‑5s fitted with specific replacement ailerons shipped May 1976–Jan 1979. The action addresses incorrectly assembled torque tube joints that could jam roll control; comply using Gulfstream Service Bulletin No. 163.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

View image in the official source Gulfstream (Grumman American/ American Aviation) AA-5 Series Aeroplanes

AD/AA-5/22 Aileron Torque Tube - Inspection and Modification NK

Applicability: All models AA5A with S/Nos. -0176 to -0805;

All models AA5B with S/Nos. -0303 to -1078, and all models which have been fitted with replacement ailerons P/N 5202035-505 shipped from factory between May 1976 and January 1979.

Document: Gulfstream American SB No. 163.

Compliance: Within 25 hours’ time in service after 4 July 1979.

Background: The manufacturer advises that the aileron torque tube joints may have been assembled incorrectly.

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