# AD 67-21-02: Elevator Attachment Bracket

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Pilatus PC-6, PC-6-H1, PC-6-H2, PC-6/350, PC-6/350-H1, PC-6/350-H2, PC-6/A, PC-6/A-H1, PC-6/A-H2, PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/B1-H2 and PC-6/C-H2
- Effective: August 13, 1967
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-443
- Registered aircraft: 3 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D4DE2D85BA17FEA086256A45006B595A.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/67-21-02

## The airworthiness directive

67-21-02 PILATUS: Amdt. No. 39-443, Part 39, Federal Register July 14, 1967. Applies to all Models PC-6 Airplanes, Serial Numbers to 620.

Compliance required as indicated.

To detect cracks of the elevator attachment bracket, Part No. 6300.11, accomplish the following:

  (a) Within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished within the last 50 hours' time in service, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 100 hours' time in service from the last inspection, visually inspect the elevator attachment, P/N 6300.11, for cracks between the welded seams.

  (b) If cracks are detected during the inspection required by paragraph (a), before further flight either replace the defective part with a new or used uncracked part of the same part number or modify the part in accordance with Pilatus Service Bulletin No. 67 or later Swiss Federal Air Office-approved issue, or an FAA-approved equivalent.

  (c) The repetitiveinspections required by paragraph (a) of this AD may be discontinued after the elevator attachment bracket is modified in accordance with Pilatus Service Bulletin No. 67 or later Swiss Federal Air Office-approved issue, or an FAA-approved equivalent.

This amendment effective August 13, 1967.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A15): Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.; names 12 of 15 models: PC-6/350-H1, PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/A-H2, PC-6/C-H2, PC-6, PC-6/A-H1, PC-6-H2, PC-6-H1…

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 3 (3 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Pilatus 3

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b1-h2): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Pilatus PC-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/67-21-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/67-21-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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