# AD 83-14-03: Fin Rear Spar

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Vulcanair P 68 and P 68B
- Effective: August 19, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-4683
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/91285860EFC7552486256A4D0044D72F.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-14-03

## The airworthiness directive

83-14-03 PARTENAVIA COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE S.p.A.: Amendment 39- 4683. Applies to Models P68 and P68B (all serial numbers (SN) up to 128, excluding SNs 40, 112, 125, 126 and 127) airplanes certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within the next 100 hours after the effective date of this Airworthiness Directive (AD), unless already accomplished.

To prevent failure of the fin rear spar, accomplish the following:

a) Install fin spar reinforcement in accordance with Partenavia Costruzioni Aeronautiche S.p.A. Service Bulletin (SB) No. 34, Rev. 1, dated February 15, 1978, and Drawing No. R.0007, dated December 23, 1977.

b) Aircraft may be flown in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation 21.197 to a location where this AD can be accomplished.

c) An equivalent method of compliance with this AD, if used, must be approved by the Manager, Aircraft Certification Staff, AEU-100, Europe, Africa and Middle East Office, FAA, c/o American Embassy, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

This amendment becomes effective on August 19, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A31EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31EU): Vulcanair S.p.A.; names 2 of 10 models: P.68B, P.68

## 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: 6 (6 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Partenavia 6

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Partenavia P68B](https://openairdocs.org/model/partenavia-p68b): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Partenavia P68](https://openairdocs.org/model/partenavia-p68): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-14-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-14-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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