# Proposed AD 92-CE-25-AD: Avions Pierre Robin Model R2160 Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 97-06-05
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: November 13, 1996, 61 FR 58145
- Comments due: January 31, 1997
- Became: [AD 97-06-05](https://openairdocs.org/ad/97-06-05)
- Docket: 92-CE-25-AD
- FR document: 96-28945
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/b5/a6/b5a6bc08afabe4bc52d5cd783550a97a20805677f943fa6b7afbc7bc15979586 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-11-13/pdf/96-28945.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/13/96-28945/airworthiness-directives-avions-pierre-robin-model-r2160-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/92-CE-25-AD

## Summary

This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Avions Pierre Robin Model R2160 airplanes. The proposed action would require repetitively inspecting the weld area between the strut and the lower plate of the nose landing gear leg for cracks, and replacing the strut when cracks are found. The proposed AD is the result of several reports of cracks in the weld securing the nose wheel steering bottom bracket to the nose landing gear leg on the affected airplanes. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent nose landing gear failure caused by cracks in the weld area between the strut and the lower plate of the nose landing gear leg, which could result in loss of control of the airplane during landing operations.

## Notices in this docket

- Nov 13, 1996: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 96-28945, comments due Jan 31, 1997 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/13/96-28945/airworthiness-directives-avions-pierre-robin-model-r2160-airplanes)

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