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AD/F27/109 - Elevator Trim Tab Control Bracket Attachment

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This directive mandated a one‑time inspection and any corrective work on the elevator trim tab control bracket rivet installation for specified Fokker F27 airframes, to be done per Fokker Service Bulletin F27/55‑59 and completed before 30 November 1985. It targets owners/operators of the listed serial numbers, who must obtain and pay for the inspection/repairs. Issued after incorrect rivets causing rudder‑trim flutter were found on a similar surface.

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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 Fokker F27 Series Aeroplanes

AD/F27/109 Elevator Trim Tab Control Bracket Attachment 9/85

Applicability: All models F27 with S/Nos 10105 to 10648, 10654, 10658 to 10660, 10662 to 10667,

10669 and 10672.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Fokker Service Bulletin F27/55-59.

Note: RLD AD 85-46 refers.

Compliance: Prior to 30 November 1985.

Background: After an occurrence of rudder trim tab flutter it was found that the rivets used in the vicinity of the tab control bracket attachment were of the incorrect type. Due to the similarity of construction of the elevator trim tab, a one time inspection is required.

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