MANUFACTURER: Cessna Aircraft Company (Type
Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing
(Previously the Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG,
and LC42-550FG Airplanes SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2011-03-04
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing
airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. AD
2009-09-09 currently requires repetitive inspections of the rudder
hinges and the rudder hinge brackets for damage, i.e., cracking,
deformation, and discoloration. If damage is found during any
inspection, AD 2009-09-09 also requires replacing the damaged
rudder hinge and/or rudder hinge bracket. This new AD retains the
inspection requirements of AD 2009-09-09, adds airplanes to the
Applicability section, and adds a terminating action for the
repetitive inspection requirements. This AD resulted from the
manufacturer developing a modification that terminates the
repetitive inspections and from the manufacture adding airplane
serial numbers into the Applicability section. The FAA is issuing
this AD to detect and correct damage in the rudder hinges and the
rudder hinge brackets, which could result in failure of the rudder.
This failure could lead to loss of control.
This AD applies to the following Cessna Aircraft Company (type
certificate previously held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing
(previously The Lancair Company)) airplane models and serial
numbers that are certificated in any category:
Group 1 Airplanes
Model
Serial Nos
LC40–550FG (300)
40001, 40002, and 40004 through 40079
LC41–550FG (400)
41001 through 41569, 41571 through 41800, 411001 through
411087, 411089 through 411110, 411112 through 411138, 411140,
411142, and 411147
LC42–550FG (350)
42001 through 42009, 42011 through 42558, 42560 through 42569,
421001 through 421013, 421015 through 421017, and 421019
Group 2 Airplanes
Model
Serial Nos.
LC41–550FG (400)
41570, 411088, 411111, 411139, 411141, 411143 through 411146,
and 411148 through 411153
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