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Airworthiness Directive

Index Airworthiness Directive

An airworthiness directive (commonly abbreviated as AD) is a notification to owners and operators of certified aircraft that a known safety deficiency with a particular model of aircraft, engine, avionics or other system exists and must be corrected. [1]

64 relations: AD (disambiguation), Advisory circular, Air France Flight 447, Air Transat Flight 236, Airborne collision avoidance system, Airbus A380, Aircraft maintenance, Aircraft type club, Airframe (novel), American Champion Scout, Asiana Airlines Flight 214, Beechcraft Bonanza, Beechcraft Model 18, Beechcraft Twin Bonanza, Cessna, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 210, Cessna 350 Corvalis, Cessna 400, Cessna Skymaster, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, Dyn'Aéro MCR01, Eclipse 500, Emergency airworthiness directive, Enstrom F-28, Grob G103c Twin III, Grumman American AA-1, Gulf Air Flight 072, Helios Airways Flight 522, JetBlue Flight 292, List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States, List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in the 1980s, List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations, Los Angeles Airways Flight 417, Lycoming O-320, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Meyers 200, Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, Mooney M20, Northwest Airlines Flight 85, Perris Valley Airport, Philippine Airlines Flight 143, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, Qantas Flight 32, Robinson R44, Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, Rotary Air Force RAF 2000, Schleicher ASW 15, Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, Southwest Airlines Flight 812, ..., Taylorcraft Aircraft, Texas Raiders, Transavia, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, Uncontrolled decompression, United Airlines Flight 232, United Airlines Flight 811, V-tail, Visual flight rules, 1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash, 1999 Glasgow Airport Cessna 404 crash, 2004 in aviation, 2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, 2010 New Zealand Fletcher FU24 crash. Expand index (14 more) »

AD (disambiguation)

An ad (advertisement) is a form of marketing communication.

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Advisory circular

Advisory circular (AC) refers to a type of publication offered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide guidance for compliance with. They define acceptable means, but not the only means, of accomplishing or showing compliance with airworthiness regulations.

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Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled passenger international flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009.

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Air Transat Flight 236

Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001.

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Airborne collision avoidance system

An airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS, usually pronounced as ay-kas) operates independently of ground-based equipment and air traffic control in warning pilots of the presence of other aircraft that may present a threat of collision.

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Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by multi-national manufacturer Airbus.

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Aircraft maintenance

Aircraft maintenance is the overhaul, repair, inspection or modification of an aircraft or aircraft component.

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Aircraft type club

Aircraft type clubs are organizations that provide information and support to a single aircraft type or a group of aircraft types from the same manufacturer or family of aircraft.

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Airframe (novel)

Airframe is a novel by the American writer Michael Crichton, first published in 1996, in hardcover, by Knopf and then in 1997, as a paperback, by Ballantine Books.

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American Champion Scout

The 8GCBC Scout is a two-seat, high-wing, single-engined fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane that entered production in the United States in 1974.

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Asiana Airlines Flight 214

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport in the United States.

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Beechcraft Bonanza

The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas.

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Beechcraft Model 18

The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas.

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Beechcraft Twin Bonanza

The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza is a small twin-engined aircraft designed by Beechcraft as an executive transport for the business market.

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Cessna

The Cessna Aircraft Company was an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

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Cessna 185 Skywagon

The Cessna 185 Skywagon is a six-seat, single-engined, general aviation light aircraft manufactured by Cessna.

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Cessna 210

The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear, single-engine, high-wing general aviation aircraft which was first flown in January 1957 and produced by Cessna until 1986.

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Cessna 350 Corvalis

The Cessna 350 Corvalis is a composite construction, single-engine, normally aspirated, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft that was built by Cessna Aircraft until the end of 2010.

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Cessna 400

The Cessna 400, marketed as the Cessna TTx, is a single-engine, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft built from composite materials by Cessna Aircraft.

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Cessna Skymaster

The Cessna Skymaster is a United States twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration.

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Cougar Helicopters Flight 91

Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 (also known as Flight 491) was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A (Registration C-GZCH) which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the ''SeaRose'' FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Dyn'Aéro MCR01

The Dyn'Aéro MCR01 is a two-seat, low-wing, all-composite carbon fibre light aircraft manufactured by Dyn'Aéro.

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Eclipse 500

The Eclipse 500 is a marketing name for the Eclipse Aerospace EA500, a small six-seat American business jet aircraft originally manufactured by Eclipse Aviation and later upgraded and sold by Eclipse Aerospace.

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Emergency airworthiness directive

An emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) is an airworthiness directive issued when an unsafe condition exists that requires immediate action by an aircraft owner or operator.

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Enstrom F-28

The Enstrom F-28 and 280 are a family of small, light piston-engined helicopters produced by the Enstrom Helicopter Corporation.

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Grob G103c Twin III

The G103C Twin III is a high performance tandem two-seat sailplane made by Grob Aircraft.

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Grumman American AA-1

The Grumman American AA-1 series is a family of light, two-seat aircraft.

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Gulf Air Flight 072

Gulf Air Flight 072 (GF072/GFA072) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Bahrain International Airport in Bahrain, operated by Gulf Air.

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Helios Airways Flight 522

Helios Airways Flight 522 was a scheduled passenger flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Athens, Greece, that crashed on 14 August 2005, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board.

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JetBlue Flight 292

JetBlue Flight 292 was a scheduled flight from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

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List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States

This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United States summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the United States, with information on airline company with flight number, date, and cause.

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List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in the 1980s

This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 that have taken place in the period 1980–1989, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2.

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List of aviation, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations

A glossary of abbreviations used in relation to aviation, in alphabetical order.

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Los Angeles Airways Flight 417

Los Angeles Airways Flight 417 was a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter that crashed on August 14, 1968 in the city of Compton, California.

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Lycoming O-320

The Lycoming O-320 is a large family of 92 different normally aspirated, air-cooled, four-cylinder, direct-drive engines commonly used on light aircraft such as the Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.

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Meyers 200

The Meyers 200 was a single-engined light aircraft produced in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Mohawk Airlines Flight 40

Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 was a scheduled passenger flight between Elmira, New York and Washington, DC.

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Mooney M20

The Mooney M20 is a family of piston-powered, propeller-driven, general aviation aircraft, all featuring low wings and tricycle gear, manufactured by the Mooney International Corporation.

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Northwest Airlines Flight 85

Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Narita International Airport that experienced a lower rudder hardover event on October 9, 2002 when the flight was in proximity to Anchorage, Alaska.

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Perris Valley Airport

Perris Valley Airport is a privately owned and operated airport open to public use and located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Perris serving Riverside County, California.

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Philippine Airlines Flight 143

Philippine Airlines Flight 143 (PR143) was a domestic flight from the Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport, Manila, Philippines to Mandurriao Airport, Iloilo City.

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Piper PA-38 Tomahawk

The Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use.

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Qantas Flight 32

Qantas Flight 32 was a Qantas scheduled passenger flight that suffered an uncontained engine failure on 4 November 2010 and made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport.

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Robinson R44

The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter produced by Robinson Helicopter Company since 1992.

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Rolls-Royce Trent 1000

The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 is a British turbofan engine, developed from earlier Trent series engines.

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Rotary Air Force RAF 2000

The RAF 2000 is a two-seat kit built autogyro that was designed by Bernard J. Haseloh.

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Schleicher ASW 15

The ASW-15, designed in 1968 by Gerhard Waibel and built in series by Schleicher, is a glass composite sailplane, with shoulder-mounted wings and all-flying tailplane.

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Southwest Airlines Flight 2294

Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 (SWA 2294, WN 2294) was a scheduled US passenger aircraft flight which made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport (CRW) in Charleston, West Virginia, on July 13, 2009, after suffering a rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin.

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Southwest Airlines Flight 812

Southwest Airlines Flight 812 (SWA812, WN812) was a passenger flight which suffered rapid depressurization at near Yuma, Arizona, leading to an emergency landing at Yuma International Airport, on April 1, 2011.

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Taylorcraft Aircraft

Taylorcraft Aviation is an airplane manufacturer that has been producing aircraft for more than 70 years in several locations.

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Texas Raiders

Texas Raiders is an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a Douglas-Long Beach built B-17G-95-DL.

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Transavia

Transavia, legally incorporated as Transavia Airlines C.V. and formerly branded as transavia.com, is a Dutch low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and therefore part of the Air France-KLM group.

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Turkish Airlines Flight 981

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a regularly scheduled flight from Istanbul Yesilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris.

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Uncontrolled decompression

Uncontrolled decompression is an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure, or impact, causing a pressure vessel to vent into its lower-pressure surroundings or fail to pressurize at all.

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United Airlines Flight 232

United Airlines Flight 232 was a DC-10, registered as N1819U, that crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989 after suffering catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of many flight controls.

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United Airlines Flight 811

United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled airline flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu, and Auckland.

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V-tail

In aircraft, a V-tail or Vee-tail (sometimes called a Butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail) is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional fin and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration when viewed from the front or rear of the aircraft.

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Visual flight rules

Visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going.

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1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash

On April 4, 1955, a United Airlines Douglas DC-6 named Mainliner Idaho crashed shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, Islip, New York, United States.

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1999 Glasgow Airport Cessna 404 crash

The 1999 Glasgow Airport Cessna 404 crash occurred on 3 September 1999.

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2004 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2004.

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2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents

In September 2007, two separate accidents due to similar landing gear failures occurred within four days of each other on Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft operated by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).

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2010 New Zealand Fletcher FU24 crash

The 2010 New Zealand Fletcher FU24 crash occurred on 4 September 2010.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airworthiness_Directive

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