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GFA AD 676 Cancelled 12.09.2018.pdf
FUSELAGE – CENTRE OF GRAVITY (CG) TOW HOOK MOUNTING BULKHEAD – INSPECTION / REINFORCEMENT
CANCELLED Refer EASA AD 2011-0209
Occurrence of damage of the bulkhead of CG tow hook and its glued joints to fuselage shell was reported. Investigation concluded that this damage may occur after wheel up landing. Damage of bulkheads for CG tow hook of the sailplane or powered sailplane, if not detected and corrected, may lead to failure of glass fibre structure during a winch launch. DG-Flugzeugbau GmbH developed and published Technical Note (TN) No 500/04 with the associated Working Instruction No 1 to detect and correct damaged CG tow hook bulkhead and its glued joints. For the above-mentioned reasons, this AD requires a one-time inspection of the CG tow hook and its reinforcement on the DG-500/22 ELAN, DG-500 ELAN Trainer, DG-500/20 ELAN, DG-500 ELAN ORION sailplanes, all serial numbers (S/N), and DG-500 M, DG-500 MB powered sailplanes, all S/N.