[2Donkeys]

Merry Xmas from the FAA!

Full details here

Compliance is 100 hours from 28th Dec this year. Many PA28s and PA32s involved. Cost circa £200 if no corrosion found.



Edit: unwanted extra '0' on price removed!

[aerofurb]

Piper SB 1304A to which the FAA AD refers:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/pipercrm/Solut ... _1304A.pdf

[Iceman]

Does PA32-300 include the Saratoga model ?

Iceman

[Brad2523]

Goodness me these are hard to read

[Adrian]

Cost circa £2000 if no corrosion found.

$170 according to the AD, if you don't fit the optional inspection panels.

[G-JWTP]

Cost circa £2000 if no corrosion found.

$170 according to the AD, if you don't fit the optional inspection panels.

$170.00 in the USA = £1,000.00 in the UK

G-JWTP

[Dodo]

I no longer have my Cherokee, but seem to remember that there was concern about the cost and availability of eddy current testing when this ad was first proposed.
Has that disappeared from the requirements?

[aerofurb]

Iceman - Saratoga is a PA32(R)-301 and the SB and AD are only applicable to 'Hershey' bar wings, not tapered wing. So, applicable to -xx0, not -xx1 aircraft.

Dodo - I think you'll find this is a different inspection.

[timjenner]

Apologies for the stupid question, but does this only apply to N registered aircraft? If so, does EASA/CAA/whoever generally follow suit?

Thanks,
Tim

[aerofurb]

Tim

ADs apply to the State of manufacture (design) and the State of registry, so it does apply (for instance) to an American certified aircraft on the G register.

In time, it will appear on the EASA website for those aircraft types.

In the brave New World, perhaps the CAA will also produce an AD listing - or perhaps they’ll say go check the FAA/EASA websites.

[timjenner]

Thanks - makes sense, even if rather unwelcome! Our shareoplane dodged the previous directives which followed the PA28 which lost a wing in the US after some huge number of landing cycles, at least this one doesn't appear too arduous.

Cheers,
Tim

[Charles Hunt]

In the brave New World, perhaps the CAA will also produce an AD listing - or perhaps they’ll say go check the FAA/EASA websites.

Some say they will require a dull yellow metallic protective coating.

[PeteSpencer]

I hunted without success for our model number (PA28R200) and serial 35xxxx before I clocked it was a different AD to the recent infamous ‘departed wing’ Arrow AD.

I wonder if retractables are not evidently included perhaps because they already have beefed up wing spars any way? I know our Arrow had a U/C wing spar attachment AD a few years ago.

Or is there another nasty surprise waiting in the wings for us?( no pun intended)

[As I CFIT]

This AD relates to corrosion whereas the PA28 wing-off events occurred due to fatigue cracking. That AD is yet to be issued.