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AD/PA-32/9 Amdt 1 - Aileron Spar

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This directive mandates safety inspections for specific Piper Cherokee Six aircraft to prevent structural failures in the wings.

Who it affects: Owners of early model Piper PA-32 aircraft (specifically PA-32-260, PA-32-300, PA-32R-300, PA-32RT-300 and PA-32RT-300T) that have accumulated more than 500 hours of flight time.

What you must do: Inspect the aileron spar (the main structural beam inside the wing that the control surfaces attach to) and its doubler (a reinforcing metal plate) for cracks near the hinge points. This inspection must be completed within 100 hours of flight time after 28 December 1967, and then repeated at least every 100 hours of flight time thereafter.

Why it matters: Cracks in this area could compromise the aircraft's structural integrity and control. Later model aircraft (PA-32-301 series) have a different wing design with a revised hinge structure, so this requirement only applies to the earlier models listed above.

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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 Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-32/9

Amdt 1

Aileron Spar 4/86

Applicability: All model PA-32-260, PA-32-300, PA-32R-300, PA-32RT-300 and PA-32RT-300T

aircraft which have exceeded 500 hours time in service.

Requirement: Inspect the aileron spar and doubler for cracking in the radii in the vicinity of the hinges.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 28 December 1967 and there- after at intervals not exceeding 100 hours time in service.

Background: Later models such as PA-32-301, PA-32-301T, PA-32R-301 and PA-32R-301T, have a tapered wing with a revised aileron hinge structure so the requirement for inspection is applicable to the earlier models only.

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