2024-02-02: Stabilizers
FAA order 2024-02-02 is an airworthiness directive in force since March 21, 2024. The FAA's subject line: Stabilizers. It names Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400: about 58 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited
- Models
- DHC-8-401, DHC-8-402
- On this site
- Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8 and Q400 58 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- March 21, 2024
- Published
- February 15, 2024 (signed January 24, 2024)
- Docket
- FAA-2023-0933
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The FAA's summary their words, unchanged
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Model DHC-8-401 and - 402 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports that the saddle washer (radius filler) for the front and rear spar joints may have been incorrectly manufactured for several years. This AD requires inspecting the horizontal stabilizer to vertical joint for gaps and bending of the saddle washer and adjacent washers, and replacing parts if necessary. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/2024-02-02.json · aircraft systems.