Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10925 · Cessna Aircraft Company Model 172R Airplanes
Cessna Aircraft Company Model 172R Airplanes
Model 172R airplanes, serial numbers 17280437, 17280439, 17280454, 17280456, and 17280459; certificated in any category, that were not factory equipped with an autopilot.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172R airplanes that are not equipped with an autopilot. This AD requires inspecting the right wing for an incorrectly routed, frayed, or damaged aileron control cable, and re-routing any incorrectly routed cable or replacing any frayed or damaged cable. The AD also requires reporting any incorrectly routed, frayed, or damaged cable to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This AD is the result of a report of an incorrectly routed aileron control cable in the right wing of an airplane of the same type design to those affected by this AD. The cable was routed over the aileron auto pilot actuator pulley and the cable was rubbing on the cable guard. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent loss of aileron control caused by a damaged or frayed aileron control cable, which could result in loss of directional control of the airplane.
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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