# AD 92-06-10: Nose Wheel Axle - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Historical - Products: SOCATA MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, MS 894A, MS 894E, Rallye 235 E and Rallye 235C - Effective: April 17, 1992 - Superseded by: [AD 2016-08-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2016-08-08) - Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane - Amendment: 39-8190 - Registered aircraft: 48 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/B8805E9B492C737286256A64006B9619.0001 - DRS record last changed: August 7, 2025 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-06-10 ## The airworthiness directive 92-06-10 SOCATA GROUPE AEROSPATIALE: Amendment 39-8190; Docket No. 91-CE-81-AD. Applicability: Morane Saulnier Models MS892A150, MS892E150, MS893A, MS893E, MS894A, and MS894E airplanes (all serial numbers); and Rallye Models 235C and 235E airplanes (all serial numbers), certificated in any category. Compliance: Required initially upon the accumulation of 500 hours time-in-service (TIS) or within the next 50 hours TIS after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later, and thereafter as indicated, unless already accomplished. To prevent nose wheel axle fatigue failure, accomplish the following: (a) Dye penetrant inspect the nose wheel axle assembly for cracks in accordance with the instructions in DESCRIPTION: 1) of SOCATA Groupe AEROSPATIALE Service Bulletin No. 150, dated June 1991. (1) If cracks are found, prior to further flight, replace the nose wheel axle assembly in accordance with the applicable maintenance manual, and reinspect thereafterat intervals not to exceed 500 hours TIS. (2) If no cracks are found, reinspect thereafter at intervals not to exceed 500 hours TIS. (b) At every 4th repetitive inspection interval (2,000 hours TIS) mandated in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this AD, replace the nose wheel axle attaching screws instead of reinstalling the existing screws as specified in the instructions of DESCRIPTION: 2) of SOCATA Groupe AEROSPATIALE SB No. 150, dated June 1991. (c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. (d) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance times that provides an equivalent level of safety, may be approved by the Manager, Brussels Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Europe, Africa, and Middle East Office, c/o American Embassy, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. The request should be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Brussels Aircraft Certification Office. (e) The inspections and replacements required by this AD shall be done in accordance with SOCATA Groupe AEROSPATIALE Service Bulletin No. 150, dated June 1991. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from SOCATA Groupe AEROSPATIALE, Socata Product Support, Aeroport Tarbes-Ossun-Lourdes, B P 930, 65009 Tarbes Cedex, France. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 1100 L Street, NW; Room 8401, Washington, DC. (f) This amendment (39-8190) becomes effective on April 17, 1992. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS 7A14](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A14): Daher; names 8 of 13 models: MS 892A-150, Rallye 235 E, MS 894E, MS 894A, MS 892E-150, MS 893E, MS 893A, Rallye 235C ## 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: 48 (48 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: S.O.C.A.T.A. 45, Morane Saulnier 3 Models with the most aircraft: - [S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894A](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms894a): 27 aircraft (airframe model) - [S.O.C.A.T.A. RALLYE 235E](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-rallye-235e): 16 aircraft (airframe model) - [Morane Saulnier MS893A](https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms893a): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [S.O.C.A.T.A. MS893E](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms893e): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Morane Saulnier MS893E](https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms893e): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 5 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-06-10/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-06-10/aircraft.md ## Related documents - [AD 2016-08-08](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2016-08-08) (historical): Landing Gear ยท SOCATA MS 880B, MS 885, MS 892A-150 and 10 more. Effective May 18, 2016. Supersedes this AD Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.