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Airworthiness FAA Concern Sheet Date: August 5, 2008 Full Name: Steven E. Potter Make, Model, Series, Serial No.: Hawker Beechcraft Title: Aerospace Engineer Corporation (HBC) Model Queen Air Series Airplanes.
Organization: Federal Aviation Administration Department: Wichita ACO Airframe Branch Address : 1801 Airport Road City State ZIP: Wichita, Kansas 67209 Telephone Number: 316-946-4124 E-mail: Steven.Potter@faa.gov Reason for Airworthiness Concern: Airworthiness Directive (AD) 89-25-08 requires the inspection of the wing spar. The AD 89-25-08 is out of date and needs to be updated to the current inspection requirements.
FAA Description of Airworthiness Concern (Who, What, Where, When, How? Attachments: RA and appropriate data) The FAA and Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) are concerned that the out of date information in AD 89-25-08 may create confusion and hardship when compliance to AD 89-25-08 is made. AD 89-25-08 requires the inspection of the wing lower front spar attachment wing fittings, the wing center section, and the outboard wing spar caps in the area adjacent to the attachment fittings. AD 89-25-08 requires the structural inspections are to be made in accordance with HBC Structural Inspection and Repair Manual (SIRM), Part No. 98-38006, Rev. A4, dated May 1, 1987. HBC has released several revisions of the SIRM since the AD issued. Other revisions may also be made to update the Airworthiness Directive. The FAA is considering revising Airworthiness Directive 89-25-08 to reflect the current data.
Request for Information (Proposed Alternate Inspection/Repair Procedures, Cost Impact, Etc. Note: Any comments or replies to the FAA need to be as specific as possible. Please provide specific examples to illustrate your comments/concerns.): This is an advanced notice, so please make your comments known to us within 30 days.
This Airworthiness Concern Sheet (ACS) is intended as a means for FAA Aviation Safety Engineers to coordinate airworthiness concerns with aircraft owner/operators through associations and type clubs. At this time, the FAA has not made a determination on what type of corrective action (if any) should be taken. The resolution of this airworthiness concern could involve an AD action or an SAIB, or the FAA could determine that no action is needed at this time. The FAA's final determination will depend in part on the information received in response to this ACS.
The FAA endorses dissemination of this technical information to all manufacturers and requests association and type clubs comments.
Attachments: *SDR(s)L *A/IDS • *SL(S) *SAIB | *FAASR/*NTSBSR_| *AD| _ *AMOC_ *RAL Notification: FAA X *AOPA \ *EAA Type Club *TC Holder X Other: RAA & NBAA Response Requested 9/4/2008: Emergency (10 days) Alert (30 days) | Information (90 days) (Space Bar Adds "X" to Check Boxes) *Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs); Accident/Incident Data System (A/IDS); Service Letter (SL); Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB);
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Safety Recommendation (FAASR/NTSBSR); Airworthiness Directive (AD); Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC); Risk Assessment (RA); Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA);
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA); Type Certificate (TC) Revised 1/24/02