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Airworthiness Directive 2024-14-03

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Official AD 2024-14-03 · FR doc 2024-15529 · 2024-07-16 · appliance

Airworthiness Directives; Various Airplanes

What this AD requires

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for various airplanes modified with a certain configuration of the Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot System installed per Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) No. SA01866WI. This AD was prompted by a report of an un- commanded automatic pitch trim runaway when the autopilot was first engaged. This AD requires updating the applicable Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot System software for your airplane and prohibits installing earlier versions of that software. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Which aircraft AD 2024-14-03 applies to

MakesGarmin
ModelsGFC 500, GSA 28
Part-conditional — SA01866WI, 005-01264-00.

Applies to airplane models listed in Table 1 to paragraph (c) of the AD (table content not extracted as text) that have a Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot System including an optional GSA 28 pitch trim servo installed under Supplemental Type Certificate No. SA01866WI using Master Drawing List 005-01264-00, Revisions 1 through 76.

Whether AD 2024-14-03 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 2024-14-03 complied with on your aircraft?

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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.