# Airworthiness Directives; Twin Commander Aircraft Corporation 500, 600, and 700 Series Airplanes
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1998-04-17 · Effective 1998-05-18 · 63 FR 19170
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-9874
- **Category:** airworthiness
- **Manufacturer:** Twin Commander
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 63 FR 19170
- **Publication date:** 1998-04-17
- **Effective date:** 1998-05-18
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. 95-CE-92-AD
## Abstract

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Twin Commander Aircraft Corporation (Twin Commander) 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes. This AD requires installing access holes in both wing leading edges and repetitively inspecting the forward attach brackets and straps for cracks. Reports of cracks in the wing to fuselage attachment brackets and straps, wing station (WS) 24, and fuselage frames prompted this action. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect cracks at the wing to fuselage attach points, which, if not detected and corrected, could cause structural failure and loss of control of the airplane.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/04/17/98-9874/airworthiness-directives-twin-commander-aircraft-corporation-500-600-and-700-series-airplanes)
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