‘White Layer’ May Cause Fatigue, Cracks in O-360 Engines
December 16, 2020 – The FAA has issued its final rule on an AD affecting Superior Air Parts IO-360...
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FAA Announcements & Certifications
FAA Issues Final Rule on Doorpost AD
October 8, 2020 – The FAA has issued its final ruling on a proposed AD addressing reports of...
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FAA Issues AD On McCauley Prop Governors
The FAA has issued an AD to be effective November 3, 2020, for certain McCauley Propeller Systems...
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FAA Issues Emergency AD on Sandia AI
The FAA issued Emergency AD 2020-18-51 on August 28 for Sandia attitude indicators with part No....
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FAA Issues AD For Aspen EFD1000
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for certain Aspen Avionics EFD 1000 displays. The AD...
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FAA Issues SNPRM on Proposed Doorpost AD
June 12, 2020 – The FAA has issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking revising an...
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FAA Proposes AD on Cessna 180 Series Tailcone
The FAA has proposed a new AD that would affect several models of Cessna 180s, 182s, and 185s. The...
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FAA Provides Regulatory Relief for Pilots Amid Pandemic
April 30, 2020 – The FAA announced last week that it will extend pilot medical certificates,...
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UPDATE: FAA Issues AD on Cessna 210 Carry-Through Spar
Update: The FAA has extended the compliance deadline for AD 2020-03-16 to September 19, 2020, due...
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FAA CLOSES PILOTWEB NOTAM SEARCH SYSTEM
The FAA’s NOTAM search tool PilotWeb was discontinued Friday in an effort by the agency to comply...
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FAA Issues Flight Advisory on GPS Interference in Southeast
The FAA has issued a flight advisory that GPS signal may be unreliable or unavailable this week...
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FAA to Decommission HIWAS January 8
The FAA announced that it will discontinue the hazardous inflight weather advisory service (HIWAS)...
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New FAA Testing Requirements
The FAA announced that beginning January 13, 2020, all applicants for an FAA airman certificate...
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FAA Announces ADS-B Privacy Program
In response to pilot concerns about real-time ADS-B position and identification, the FAA has...
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FAA Issues SAIB for SkyTrax 600 Series
The FAA on Wednesday issued a special airworthiness information bulletin for the Avidyne SkyTrax...
Read MoreAirworthiness Concern Sheet Issued for FreeFlight Systems ADS-B Unit
The FAA has issued an airworthiness concern sheet regarding latent failure of the FreeFlight Systems ADS-B unit model No. FDL-987-XVR. The issue was initially reported to the Fort Worth Aircraft Certification Office and it was...
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Mode S Transponder AD Will Affect Few Users
On July 23 the FAA issued AD 2019-13-03 regarding Mode S transponders manufactured by Trig...
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Textron Aviation Issues Thru-Spar Service Letter for 177s and 210s [CORRECTED]
“Normal” usage 177 owners needn’t worry until 15,000 flight hours; 210 is 4,000...
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FAA Issues SAIB for Cable Attachments on All Aircraft
The FAA issued a special airworthiness bulletin (SAIB) on July 2 advising owners of all aircraft...
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SAIB Issued for Certain ACR ELTs
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) regarding ACR Electronics,...
Read MoreFAA Issues Bulletin Related to Certain Lycoming Engines
The FAA issued an SAIB that all Lycoming engines equipped with certain Parallel Valve Cylinders and Head Assemblies, which were shipped from Lycoming between September 1, 2013 and April 30, 2015, have experienced cracking in...
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Airforms Gets Approvals for Cessna 208/208B Door Hinge Halves
Adding to their growing list of FAA Approved products available in support of the world’s Cessna...
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Continental Issues Service Bulletin for Fuel Diverter Valve
Continental Motors has issued a Service Bulletin for many of its models related to the fuel...
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Trio Pro Pilot Autopilot STC’d for Cessna 190/195
Oxnard, CA – The STC Group, LLC, today announced that it has received an STC for the...
Read MoreTextron Issues Service Bulletin for T206s with Kelly AC
AIR CONDITIONING – TRANSMITTAL OF KELLY AEROSPACE SERVICE BULLETIN KATS-SB-19-001 RUDDER CABLE CLEARANCE ON CESSNA T206H EQUIPPED WITH KELLY AEROSPACE THERMAL SYSTEMS AIR CONDITIONING PER STC SA03302CH Updated on 2/25 with...
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Update: AD Issued for Aspen Displays
The FAA has upgraded its Service Bulletin regarding some Aspen Avionics displays to a preliminary Airworthiness Directive that becomes final on February 7. Greatly summarized, the FAA says to disable ADS-B In on EFD1000 and EFD500 units, then update the Airplane Flight Manual Supplement (AFMS) to prove it.
Read MoreFCC Prohibits Future Sale of 121.5 MHz ELTs
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a rule that prohibits the certification, and after a six-month transition period, the manufacture, importation, or sale of 121.5 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), but...
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Cessna 206 Service Bulletin: Elevator Trim Stop Block Relocation
Cessna / Textron has released a Service Bulletin related to 206H and T206H Stationair and the...
Read MoreCessna Service Bulletin for McCauley Propellers
Service Information Notification McCauley has become aware of an unapproved variant of the McCauley P/N A-20028 idler governor gear bearing that may cause erratic governor behavior, including the inability of the governor to...
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Aspen Avionics’ Evolution E5 EFI Receives STC
Aspen Avionics announced it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Evolution...
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