Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-11479 · The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. J-2 Series Airplanes That Are Equipped With Wing Lift Struts
The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. J-2 Series Airplanes That Are Equipped With Wing Lift Struts
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 99-26-19 R1. Comply with the one in force.
J-2 series airplanes, serial numbers 500 through 1975, certificated in any category; that are equipped with wing lift struts.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) J-2 series airplanes equipped with wing lift struts. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the wing lift struts for dents and corrosion and the wing lift strut forks for cracks; replacing any strut found with corrosion or dents, or forks with cracks; and repetitively replacing the wing lift strut forks. This AD also requires incorporating a ``NO STEP'' placard on the lift strut. This AD is the result of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inadvertently omitting the J-2 series airplanes from the applicability of AD 99-01-05. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent in-flight separation of the wing from the airplane caused by wing lift struts with dents or corrosion or wing lift forks with cracks, which could result in loss of 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.
