# Proposed AD FAA-2022-0293: Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau Gliders

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2022-12-07
- Products: Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: March 28, 2022, 87 FR 17204
- Comments due: May 12, 2022
- Became: [AD 2022-12-07](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2022-12-07)
- Docket: FAA-2022-0293 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-0293, where comments are filed)
- Project: MCAI-2021-01125-G
- FR document: 2022-06390
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/d8/88/d88892f6c1fc50e165261132d6b7807da5ed36ee425054d19486c96abf3b7352 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-28/pdf/2022-06390.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/28/2022-06390/airworthiness-directives-alexander-schleicher-gmbh-and-co-segelflugzeugbau-gliders
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FR-ADNPRM-2022-06390-00000000000.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2022-0293

## Summary

The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 75- 23-03, which applies to all Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau (Alexander Schleicher) Model Ka2B, Ka 6, Ka 6 B, Ka 6 BR, Ka 6 C, Ka 6 CR, K 7, K 8, and AS-K 13 gliders. AD 75-23-03 requires visually inspecting the glue joint between the elevator nose rib number 1 and the nose plywood skin and replacing the glue joint if insufficient glue adhesion is found. Since the FAA issued AD 75-23-03, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) superseded prior EASA ADs for the unsafe condition on these products. This proposed AD would add the Model K 8 B gliders to the applicability and would require repetitively inspecting the glue joint at elevator rib number 1 and repairing any damage found. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 28, 2022: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2022-06390, comments due May 12, 2022 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/28/2022-06390/airworthiness-directives-alexander-schleicher-gmbh-and-co-segelflugzeugbau-gliders)

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