FAA Airworthiness Directive Requires DHC-3 Inspections

Bill Carey November 02, 2022
horizontal stabilizer actuator
Credit: NTSB
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring immediate visual inspections of Viking Air DHC-3 tail surfaces to ensure that an actuator used to control pitch is intact. Effective on Nov. 2, AD 2022-23-08 responds to an urgent safety recommendation the NTSB issued as part of its...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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