Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-22133 · Horizontal stabilizer structure
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes
This AD applies to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GV and GV-SP airplanes, all serial numbers, certificated in any category.
Note 1 to paragraph (c): Model GV-SP airplanes are also referred to by the marketing designations G500, G550, and G500-5000.
The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Gulfstream) Model GV and GV-SP airplanes. As published, a revision level and a table number in certain document citations in the Credit for Previous Actions section of the regulatory text are incorrect. This document corrects those errors. In all other respects, the original document remains the same.
Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, incorporate into your existing maintenance or inspection program the ALS revision specified in paragraph (g)(1), (2), or (3) of this AD for your applicable airplane designation.
(1) For Model GV airplanes: Section F and Table 12: Horizontal Stabilizer Inspection Table in Section 05-10-10, Airworthiness Limitations, of Chapter 05, Time Limits/Maintenance Checks, of the Gulfstream V Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Revision 55, dated March 15, 2022.
(2) For Model GV-SP (G500 and G500-5000) airplanes: Section F and Table 11: Horizontal Stabilizer Inspection Table in Section 05-10-10, Airworthiness Limitations, of Chapter 05, Time Limits/Maintenance Checks, of the Gulfstream G500-5000 Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Revision 36, dated March 15, 2022.
(3) For Model GV-SP (G550) airplanes: Section F and Table 11: Horizontal Stabilizer Inspection Table in Section 05-10-10, Airworthiness Limitations, of Chapter 05, Time Limits/Maintenance Checks, of the Gulfstream G550 Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Revision 36, dated March 15, 2022.
The customer bulletins specified in paragraphs (h)(1) through (3) of this AD contain procedures for compliance with the actions required by paragraph (i) of this AD for your applicable airplane designation:
(1) Gulfstream GV Customer Bulletin No. 228, Revision B, dated October 31, 2019;
(2) Gulfstream G500-5000 Customer Bulletin No. 190, Revision B, dated October 31, 2019; or
(3) Gulfstream G550 Customer Bulletin No. 190, Revision B, dated October 31, 2019.
For Model GV airplanes, all serial numbers, and Model GV-SP airplanes, serial numbers 5001 through 5158: Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD, perform the horizontal stabilizer lower skin resonance C-Scan inspection (Part II inspection) for bond line corrosion and apply corrosion inhibiting compound (CIC) by following steps 6.2.a. through 6.2.e. and 6.3.a. of appendix A of the applicable customer bulletin listed in paragraph (h) of this AD.
Note 2 to the introductory text of paragraph (i): Operators may align the inspections listed in the applicable ALS revision in paragraph (g) of this AD with the Part II inspection.
(1) Within 48 months after applying CIC, repair all bond line corrosion.
(2) If there is bond line corrosion that exceeds the allowable damage limits in Table 2 of appendix A of the applicable customer bulletin listed in paragraph (h) of this AD, or other allowable damage limits established by an appropriately authorized Gulfstream Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) unit member, repair all bond line corrosion before further flight using a repair approved by the FAA or an appropriately authorized Gulfstream ODA unit member.
(i) For a repair method to be approved by the FAA, the FAA's approval of the repair must specifically refer to this AD.
(ii) For a repair method to be approved by a Gulfstream ODA unit member, the unit member must be authorized in writing by the Manager of the Atlanta ACO Branch to approve repairs for this AD, and the unit member's approval of the repair must specifically refer to this AD.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
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