# Proposed AD 97-NM-163-AD: British Aerospace Model BAe 146-100A, - 200A, and -300A and Model Avro 146-RJ Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 98-07-06
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: January 29, 1998, 63 FR 4404
- Comments due: March 2, 1998
- Became: [AD 98-07-06](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-07-06)
- Docket: 97-NM-163-AD
- FR document: 98-2138
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/85/4c/854c10bca93e8e879bd9cd11375d0ebb5db4992555d9a22e90cae199d8cc1a0c (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-01-29/pdf/98-2138.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/01/29/98-2138/airworthiness-directives-british-aerospace-model-bae-146-100a---200a-and--300a-and-model-avro-146-rj
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/97-NM-163-AD

## Summary

This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain British Aerospace Model BAe 146-100A, -200A, and -300A and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections of the attachment brackets between the horizontal and vertical stabilizers to detect intergranular corrosion, and follow-on actions. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to detect and correct reduced structural integrity of the stabilizer brackets due to corrosion, which could result in reduced controllability of the airplane.

## Notices in this docket

- Jan 29, 1998: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 98-2138, comments due Mar 2, 1998 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/01/29/98-2138/airworthiness-directives-british-aerospace-model-bae-146-100a---200a-and--300a-and-model-avro-146-rj)

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