# Proposed AD FAA-2011-1414: Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2012-06-01
- Products: Cessna
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: December 30, 2011, 76 FR 82205
- Comments due: February 13, 2012
- Became: [AD 2012-06-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2012-06-01)
- Docket: FAA-2011-1414 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2011-1414, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2011-NM-227-AD
- FR document: 2011-33563
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/f6/bc/f6bc5c1fbef08bdec30f790645cc0becd115b8c0821f8c47309a55f09261f92f (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-12-30/pdf/2011-33563.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/12/30/2011-33563/airworthiness-directives-cessna-aircraft-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/6CA7BB070582CFBB8625797600511CD7.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2011-1414

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company Model 560XL airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of jammed or stiff rudder control due to water freezing on the rudder bias cables and pulleys of the stinger. This proposed AD would require modification of the drain installation of the tailcone stinger on the aft canted bulkhead, inspections for drain holes in the forward and aft frames, and modification of the drain holes. We are proposing this AD to prevent ice accumulation on the cables and pulleys of the stinger, which could result in jamming of the rudder and consequent reduced controllability of the airplane.

## Notices in this docket

- Dec 30, 2011: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2011-33563, comments due Feb 13, 2012 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/12/30/2011-33563/airworthiness-directives-cessna-aircraft-company-airplanes)

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