WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 24 by Steven W. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Model PC-12/47G airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that a brake shuttle valve (BSV) on a production airplane shuttled and isolated the brake line to the left-hand (LH) brake, which resulted in brake lockup. This AD requires replacement of the LH and right-hand (RH) brake pipe assemblies and also prohibits the inst...