70-02-10: Elevator Aileron Airbrake System
FAA order 70-02-10 is an airworthiness directive in force since December 12, 1969. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Aileron Airbrake System. It names Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS: about 15 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau
- Models
- Cirrus
- On this site
- Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS 15 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- December 12, 1969
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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70-02-10 SCHEMPP-HIRTH K.G.: Amdt. 39-926. Applies to Schempp-Hirth Cirrus sailplanes having serial numbers 19, 46, 47, 50, 53, 55, 57 through 69, 71 through 75, 77, and 79 through 82.
Compliance is required as indicated.
To prevent failure of elevator, aileron or airbrake flight control systems, before further flight after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished, accomplish the following:
Inspect askubal rod ends located in wings (4), fuselage (2), and fin (1) in accordance with Schempp-Hirth K.G. Technical Note No. 1/69 dated 20 October 1969, or an FAA-approved equivalent, to ensure that correct rod ends are installed in the elevator, aileron, and airbrake flight control systems. Incorrect rod ends may be recognized by thread of shanks going up to neck of bearing housing. If incorrect rod ends are installed, before further flight, replace them with correct rod ends in accordance with Schempp-Hirth K.G. Technical Note No. 1/69 dated 20 October 1969, or an FAA-approved equivalent.
This amendment is effective upon publication in the Federal Register as to all persons except those persons to whom it was made immediately effective by the telegram dated 12 December 1969, which contained this amendment.
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 October 8, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/70-02-10.json · aircraft systems.