Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-9731 · Bellanca, Incorporated Models 17-30, 17-30A, 17-31, 17-31A, 17-31TC, and 17-31ATC Airplanes
Bellanca, Incorporated Models 17-30, 17-30A, 17-31, 17-31A, 17-31TC, and 17-31ATC Airplanes
The following airplane models and serial numbers, certificated in any category: Model Serial Nos. 17-30..................................... (30123 through 30262) 17-30A.................................... (30263 through 78-30905, except 76-30824) 17-31..................................... (32-1 through 32-14) 17-31A.................................... (32-15 through 78-32172) 17-31TC................................... (31001 through 31003) 17-31ATC.................................. (31004 through 79-31155)
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Bellanca, Incorporated (Bellanca) Models 17-30, 17-30A, 17- 31, 17-31A, 17-31TC, and 17-31ATC airplanes. This action requires repetitively inspecting, testing, and possibly replacing the nose landing gear (NLG) strut and brackets. A collapse of a Bellanca airplane's NLG during a landing prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent possible failure of the nose landing gear, which, if not detected and corrected, could result in loss of control of the airplane during landing operations.
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.
