Business · 16/12/2004

FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive for Short Brothers Model SD3-60, SD3-SHERPA, and SD3-60 SHERPA Series Airplanes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is updating an existing airworthiness directive to add more airplanes to the list, require more frequent inspections, and provide an optional way to end those inspections, in an effort to prevent the collapse of the main landing gear due to cracked aluminum alloy gland nuts.