Airworthiness Directives for Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes
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This rule updates safety requirements for Pilatus PC-24 airplanes by mandating new inspections and maintenance tasks to prevent potential flight control failures. Aircraft owners need to revise their maintenance manuals to include these changes within 30 days of the rule's effective date, impacting 167 airplanes in the U.S.
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Key Changes
- New inspection intervals for fuselage and control system components
- Shorter compliance timeline of 30 days compared to previous 12 months
- Inclusion of additional safety tasks and maintenance actions
Obligations
What this law requires
Revise the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the existing aircraft maintenance manual (AMM) or instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations as specified in EASA AD 2025-0211
Complete the ALS revision within 30 days after the effective date of this AD (by June 18, 2026)
Incorporate revisions to fuselage section inspection intervals as specified in the applicable ALS defined in EASA AD 2025-0211
Incorporate revisions to aileron and rudder trim actuator inspection intervals as specified in the applicable ALS defined in EASA AD 2025-0211
Perform corrective actions if any discrepancy (as defined in the applicable ALS) is found during accomplishment of any inspection or maintenance task specified in EASA AD 2025-0211