United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1999_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1bdfc54a8 D09002ee1bdfc5533 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Aviation Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-31, PA-31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, and PA-31P-350 airplanes. This AD requires installing access holes for the inspection of the elevator spar; inspecting the elevator ice protection boots for looseness and reinstalling or replacing the elevator ice protection boots if looseness is found. This AD also requires repetitively inspecting the elevator spars for cracks, and replacing the elevators or elevator spar assemblies with parts of improved design either at a certain time period or when cracks are found, whichever occurs first. This AD is the result of reports of cracks developing in the elevator spar inboard of the outboard hinge location on the affected airplanes. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the elevator spar caused by fatigue cracking, which could result in reduced airplane controllability. 64 FR 31687 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-06-14/99-14535 99-14535 fr14jn99-1 RIN 2120-AA64 4910-13-P Docket No. 97-CE-32-AD Amendment 39-11189 AD 99-12-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-06-14/99-14535 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-06-14/html/99-14535.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-06-14/pdf/99-14535.pdf 3 p. 31687 31689 64 FR 31687 Title 14 Part 39 14 CFR Part 39 RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 31, PA-31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, and PA-31P-350 Airplanes; Federal Register Vol. 64, Issue RULE 99-14535 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 1999-07-23 Docket No. 97-CE-32-AD Amendment 39-11189 AD 99-12-05 4910-13-P 99-14535 Final rule.

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-31, PA-31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, and PA-31P-350 airplanes. This AD requires installing access holes for the inspection of the elevator spar; inspecting the elevator ice protection boots for looseness and reinstalling or replacing the elevator ice protection boots if looseness is found. This AD also requires repetitively inspecting the elevator spars for cracks, and replacing the elevators or elevator spar assemblies with parts of improved design either at a certain time period or when cracks are found, whichever occurs first. This AD is the result of reports of cracks developing in the elevator spar inboard of the outboard hinge location on the affected airplanes. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent failure of the elevator spar caused by fatigue cracking, which could result in reduced airplane controllability.

Effective July 23, 1999. William Herderich, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Atlanta Certification Office, One Crown Center, 1895 Phoenix Boulevard, suite 450, Atlanta, Georgia 30349; telephone: (770) 703- 6084; facsimile: (770) 703-6097. Vol. 64, no. 113 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1999-06-14 continuing daily deposited born digital 288 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-06-14 P0b002ee180a5e3a1 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr14jn99 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-06-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-06-14/pdf/FR-1999-06-14.pdf fdlp 31687 31962 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-05 FR-1999-06-14 machine generated eng FR FR-1999-06-14 64 113