C210 Airworthiness Directive
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C210 Airworthiness Directive
For all you guys flying C210's down South (Nam, Bots etc) - this might be of interest: make sure your wings are safe 
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May 21, 2012
FAA Issues Emergency AD For Cessna 210s
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor
Following reports of cracked wing spar caps in several Cessna 210s in Australia and Canada, the FAA on Monday issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring 3,665 of the airplanes in the U.S. to be inspected. If cracks are found in the spar cap, wing spar, or wing, they must be reported to the FAA, and the aircraft must be grounded until the affected parts are replaced or modified. The AD is effective on June 5. Cessna issued a service letter addressing the issue last month.
The procedures and deadlines for inspecting the airplanes vary depending on the number of hours in service. Airplanes with more than 10,000 hours are grounded until a visual inspection has been completed, and if no cracks are found, a more thorough check must be done within the next five hours. No action is required for airplanes with less than 5,000 hours of accumulated flight time. Cessna built more than 9,000 210s between 1957 and 1986. The AD affects models produced after 1967, which have a cantilever wing. The inspections should cost $255 to $510 per airplane, the FAA said, but it had no estimate for the cost of repairs if needed. The FAA said it will accept comments on the AD until July 5.
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May 21, 2012
FAA Issues Emergency AD For Cessna 210s
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor
Following reports of cracked wing spar caps in several Cessna 210s in Australia and Canada, the FAA on Monday issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring 3,665 of the airplanes in the U.S. to be inspected. If cracks are found in the spar cap, wing spar, or wing, they must be reported to the FAA, and the aircraft must be grounded until the affected parts are replaced or modified. The AD is effective on June 5. Cessna issued a service letter addressing the issue last month.
The procedures and deadlines for inspecting the airplanes vary depending on the number of hours in service. Airplanes with more than 10,000 hours are grounded until a visual inspection has been completed, and if no cracks are found, a more thorough check must be done within the next five hours. No action is required for airplanes with less than 5,000 hours of accumulated flight time. Cessna built more than 9,000 210s between 1957 and 1986. The AD affects models produced after 1967, which have a cantilever wing. The inspections should cost $255 to $510 per airplane, the FAA said, but it had no estimate for the cost of repairs if needed. The FAA said it will accept comments on the AD until July 5.
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We had this issue examined a couple of years ago due some kids flying the 210 like an A10
We handed out this leaflet to the pilots (Australians examined the problem quite earlier than FAA did): http://www.ageingaircraft.com.au/ass...0Structure.pdf
The articles to the AD are here:
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 98 (Monday, May 21, 2012)
Spar cap crack reports prompt call for C210 inspections
We handed out this leaflet to the pilots (Australians examined the problem quite earlier than FAA did): http://www.ageingaircraft.com.au/ass...0Structure.pdf
The articles to the AD are here:
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 98 (Monday, May 21, 2012)
Spar cap crack reports prompt call for C210 inspections
