AD 96-09-05

Applies to

The FAA's summary

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Diamond Aircraft Industries (Diamond) Model DA 20-A1 airplanes. This action requires inspecting the aft wing cavities for manufacturing debris, removing any debris found, and modifying the aileron pushrod fairings to allow them to flex. Several reports of the aileron controls becoming blocked because of manufacturing debris getting jammed between the short aileron pushrod and the pushrod exit fairing on both left and right wings prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the aileron controls from becoming blocked causing jamming between the short aileron pushrod and the pushrod fairing exit, which, if not detected and corrected, could cause loss of control of the airplane.

Filed under

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.

Official sources

• The AD at the FAA · its text as the FAA keeps it
• FAA Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS) · search 96-09-05 for its current status and any corrections