Airworthiness Directives; Twin Commander Aircraft Corporation 500, 680, 690, and 695 Series Airplanes

Résumé

This amendment revises Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-08-25, which currently requires replacing the nose landing gear (NLG) drag link bolt with an approved heat-treated bolt that has the manufacturer's serial number, manufacture date, and the last three digits of the drawing number (055) on the bolt head on certain Twin Commander Aircraft Corporation (Twin Commander) 500, 680, 690, and 695 series airplanes; and changing the bolt part number (P/N) to be installed on Models 690D and 695A from P/N ED10055 to P/N 750076-1. The FAA inadvertently transposed the serial numbers of the 4 affected Model 695A airplanes. This AD retains the same actions of AD 98-08-25, and corrects the serial numbers of these 4 airplanes. Three of the four airplanes are not on the U.S. Register and the other one is already in compliance with the actions of AD 98-08-25. The actions specified in this AD are intended to continue to prevent the NLG from collapsing due to failure of a drag link bolt, which could result in loss of control of the airplane during landing operations.