The FAA is asking pilots and owners of Cessna 177 and 210 airplanes to provide information on known cracking of the carry-thru wing spar used in the airplanes. According to the ATSB, on May 26, 2019, ...

The FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will expand the models of Piper aircraft that are subject to the Airworthiness Directive (AD) adopted by the FAA in January 2021. The AD ...

Inspections for cracks in the vicinity of Airbus A380 wing spars must take into account the amount of time the aircraft has been parked in storage, safety regulators have instructed. The European ...

Airbus and EASA are developing an inspection program for A380 wing outer rear spars after reports of cracks on in-service aircraft. The program, revealed in a proposed EASA airworthiness directive (AD ...

The FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Cessna 210G through 210M models (including T210 variants), requiring visual and eddy current inspections of the carry-thru spar lower cap. This AD ...

A total of 16 Airbus A380 aircraft have been ordered by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to undergo emergency inspections after cracks were found in a structural component in the jet's ...

Reviewed: ad hoc news B2B & Pro desk. Edited and checked on 2026-06-20, 07:47. Details in the imprint. GKN Aerospace’s composite wing spars sound dry, but on the shop floor you see long black beams ...

EDGEWOOD, N.Y., 7 April 2015. Engineers and managers at Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, needed wing spar assemblies for the airframe manufacturer’s flagship aircraft, the Citation X+. They ...

FAA last week issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring one-time visual inspections of rear spar lower caps of Raytheon Beech 1900 aircraft wings for cracking and other damage, with ...