76-09-10: Aileron Control System

FAA order 76-09-10 is an airworthiness directive in force since May 20, 1976. The FAA's subject line: Aileron Control System. It names Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS: about 64 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: Standard-Cirrus
On this site: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS 64 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since: May 20, 1976
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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76-09-10   SCHEMPP HIRTH and BURKHART GROB:  Amendment 39-2602. Applies to Standard Cirrus gliders, certificated in all categories, serial numbers 1 through 510, 528, and 529 for Schempp Hirth gliders and serial numbers 1G through 544G for Burkhart Grob gliders. 

	Compliance is required within the next 100 flights after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. 

	To prevent possible jamming of the aileron control system and consequent loss of roll control, accomplish the following: 

	(a)	Install an SAE 1024 steel safety brace in the fuselage frame between the airbrake lever bearing and the left diagonal strut in accordance with Step 2 of the paragraph entitled "Instructions" of Schempp Hirth Technical Note 278-17, dated December 8, 1975, or an FAA- approved equivalent. 

	(b)	For the purpose of this AD, a flight is a sequence consisting of a takeoff operation and landing. 

	This amendment becomes effective May 20, 1976.

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/76-09-10.json · aircraft systems.