# Proposed AD 95-CE-40-AD: Fairchild Aircraft SA226 and SA227 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 96-21-05
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: September 19, 1995, 60 FR 48431
- Comments due: November 17, 1995
- Became: [AD 96-21-05](https://openairdocs.org/ad/96-21-05)
- Docket: 95-CE-40-AD
- FR document: 95-23216
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/38/ba/38ba5950e32f32c74f9a464082d8df28cac6093f27bb6944caaaa017e7f191c2 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-09-19/pdf/95-23216.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/09/19/95-23216/airworthiness-directives-fairchild-aircraft-sa226-and-sa227-series-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/95-CE-40-AD

## Summary

This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Fairchild Aircraft SA226 and SA227 series airplanes. The proposed action would require drilling inspection access holes in the elevator torque tube arm, inspecting the elevator torque tube for corrosion, replacing any corroded elevator torque tube, and applying a corrosion preventive compound. Several reports of corrosion found in the elevator torque tube area on the affected airplanes prompted the proposed action. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent failure of the flight control system caused by a corroded elevator torque tube, which, if not detected and corrected, could result in loss of control of the airplane.

## Notices in this docket

- Sep 19, 1995: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 95-23216, comments due Nov 17, 1995 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/09/19/95-23216/airworthiness-directives-fairchild-aircraft-sa226-and-sa227-series-airplanes)

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