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Airworthiness Directive 2016-07-11

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Official AD 2016-07-11 · FR doc 2016-07228 · 2016-03-31 · airframe

Airworthiness Directives; Weatherly Aircraft Company Airplanes

What this AD requires

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Weatherly Aircraft Company Models 201, 201A, 201B, 201C, 620, 620A, 620B, 620B-TG, and 620TP airplanes. This AD requires visually inspecting the center and outer wing front spar lower hinge fittings for cracks and corrosion and taking all necessary corrective actions. This AD also requires sending the inspection results to the FAA. This AD was prompted by a report of cracks found on the center wing front spar lower hinge fitting. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2016-07-11 applies to

MakesWeatherly Aircraft Company
Models201, 201A, 201B, 201C, 620, 620A, 620B, 620B-TG, 620TP
Part-conditional — 40223.

Applies only to airplanes, all serial numbers, that have center and outer wing front spar lower hinge fittings, part number 40223 (any dash number configuration), installed, and are certificated in any category.

Whether AD 2016-07-11 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.

How AD compliance is recorded

A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:

Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 2016-07-11 complied with on your aircraft?

Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.