Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-8962 · Piper Aircraft Inc. Airplanes
Piper Aircraft Inc. Airplanes
This AD applies to Piper Aircraft Inc. PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T, PA-28RT-201, PA-28RT-201T, PA-44-180, PA-44-180T.
The models as the FAA's AD index lists them. The serial ranges, installed parts and exceptions are in the AD itself: read it at the FAA.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Piper Aircraft Corporation (Piper) PA28R, PA28RT, and PA44 series airplanes. This action requires installing a certain nose landing gear modification kit. Several service difficulty reports of collapsed nosegear on the affected airplanes prompted this action. In particular, these reports reveal failure of the bolt (AN4-20) connecting the lower drag link of the nosegear to the upper drag link. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent nose gear collapse because of AN4-20 bolt failure, which could lead to airplane damage.
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.
