FAA Airworthiness Concern Sheet

Failure of Main Landing Gear Tie Strut, p/n B-A51
Taylorcraft, all models equipped with landing gear

As noted today on the Taylorcraft Forum, the FAA has issued the attached Airworthiness Concern Sheet regarding a reported failure of the main landing gear tie strut on a Taylorcraft model BC12D. To review this document, click here: copy of FAA-ACS July 26, 2010.

This information is non-mandatory, but is identified by the FAA as a potential safety concern. For more information on the nature and purpose of the ACS process see the following commentary on the AOPA website.

As noted by AOPA this is your chance as an interested party to participate in the safety process for your airplane. You may have relevant information that could influence the FAA in deciding whether or not this should warrant further safety inspection requirements or perhaps result in an airworthiness directive. Be sure to send in your opinions or comments by email to andrew.mcanaul@faa.gov.

Original Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. Documents

In an effort to support owners and operators of Taylorcraft airplanes, Certified Aeronautical Products (C.A.P.) is re-publishing some of the original Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. factory documents recently acquired.

These documents were first released for public use between 1938 and 1944. It is our intent to make such documents available as we acquire them.

C.A.P. makes no claim of responsibility for the content of these documents. They are provided for informational purposes only. It is the responsibility of the appropriately rated maintenance technician to verify the validity and effectivity of maintenance information before returning an aircraft to service in accordance with FAA Regulations.

- Instruction Manual, models B & B12 (contains some information for model A airplanes)

- Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. Service Bulletins #1 through #19 (#10 missing)

- Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. Service Bulletins #21 through #34 (#20 missing)

- Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. Service Bulletins #35 through #55 (#'s 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 52, & 54 missing)