A fatal Piper Arrow wing separation accident in 2018, due to metal fatigue, led to an FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD). The AD mandates eddy-current inspections of wing spars on affected Piper models, ...
A new FAA airworthiness directive (AD) mandates inspections of rear (and potentially forward) wing spar attachment fittings on specific Piper aircraft models (PA-28-181, PA-28R-201, PA-34-220T, and PA ...