# Proposed AD 97-CE-14-AD: Cessna Aircraft Company 180, 182, and 185 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 98-16-04
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: March 19, 1998, 63 FR 13374
- Comments due: May 15, 1998
- Became: [AD 98-16-04](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-16-04)
- Docket: 97-CE-14-AD
- FR document: 98-7089
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/c7/78/c77897287693d08634c47fd377976f3cb9807f7e50935b6ae17055769c623368 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-03-19/pdf/98-7089.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/19/98-7089/airworthiness-directives-cessna-aircraft-company-180-182-and-185-series-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/97-CE-14-AD

## Summary

This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 180, 182, and 185 series airplanes equipped with wing extension supplemental type certificate (STC) SA00276NY. The proposed action would require inspecting between wing station (W.S.) 90 and W.S. 110 for an angle stiffener at the lower wing spar splice. If the angle stiffener is not installed, the proposed action would require installing a reinforcing strap. The proposed action is the result of failed test results revealing that the wings of these Cessna airplanes, without the stiffener, do not meet the applicable design requirements after being modified by the above STC. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent wing failure during flight, which, if not corrected, could cause loss of control of the airplane.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 19, 1998: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 98-7089, comments due May 15, 1998 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/19/98-7089/airworthiness-directives-cessna-aircraft-company-180-182-and-185-series-airplanes)

---
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.