FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive for Fairchild Aircraft SA26, SA226, and SA227 Series Airplanes

Summary

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Fairchild Aircraft SA26, SA226, and SA227 series airplanes, requiring repetitive inspections of acrylic cabin and cockpit side windows and adding a life limit for single-pane cockpit side windows to prevent failures that could cause airframe damage and decompression injuries.