# AD 75-17-22: Front Horizontal Stabilizer

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: SOCATA MS 880B and MS 885
- Effective: August 19, 1975
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2324
- Registered aircraft: 4 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7B2BF22F42803D6986256A56005C3CA2.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-17-22

## The airworthiness directive

75-17-22 SOCATA: Amendment 39-2324. Applies to Socata Models MS880B and MS885 airplanes, certificated in all categories, Serial Numbers 1 through 395 which have aluminum lateral front horizontal stabilizer attachment brackets installed.

Compliance is required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To prevent failure of the aluminum lateral front horizontal stabilizer attachment brackets, accomplish the following:

  (a) Within the next 10 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, inspect the left and right lateral front horizontal stabilizer attachment brackets for cracks in accordance with Socata Service Rallye No. 12/1, Gr. 55.01 dated January 1972 or an FAA- approved equivalent.

  (b) If cracks are found in either bracket, before further flight, comply with paragraph (d) of this AD.

  (c) If no cracks are found, within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, comply with paragraph (d) of this AD.

  (d) Replace the left and right aluminum lateral front horizontal stabilizer attachment brackets with steel brackets, P/Ns 880.33.0.106.1 and 880.33.0.106.2, respectively.

This amendment becomes effective August 19, 1975.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A14](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A14): Daher; names 2 of 13 models: MS 880B, MS 885

## 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: 4 (4 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Morane-Saulnier 3, S.O.C.A.T.A. 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Morane-Saulnier MS880B](https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms880b): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [S.O.C.A.T.A. MS880B](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms880b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-17-22/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-17-22/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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