On Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:27:52 AM UTC-4, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:53:01 PM UTC-7, Boise Pilot wrote:

Unless I missed it, there is no indication regarding a requirement for recurring inspections. Can't believe this is a one time deal.



Blanik owner



I suspect folks here are running ahead of the ball with overly wishful thinking.



To me this looks just like a one-off AD to collect more data and possibly verify there are not missed cracks amongst the repaired/inspected European gliders, not necessarily a specific suggestion to the FAA for an alternate test... although presumably it might lead to that if the eddy current test cleanly finds problems. My worry would be that it seems hard to really know its not missing starting cracks in areas/surfaces that can't be physically inspected/dye tested? So if this is part of an solution eventually you'd certainly expect it to be a reoccurring inspection. Not sure this AD means anything to anybody until the results from the fleet get looked at. Which might (or might not) even end up with worse bad news for owners in the USA or elsewhere.



Darryl

The way I read it, this is about determining if the correct material (i.e. alloy) was used.

T8