The FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) for owners of certain Piper PA-46 models after the recent discovery of fatigue cracking in the wing main spar lower cap in a ...

[File Photo] The FAA issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for specific Piper ... PA-28-181, PA-28R-201, PA-34-220T, and PA-44-180. It requires inspection of the rear wing spar attachment ...

The school's fleet of about a half dozen Piper PA-28 aircraft remains grounded ... and an inspection of its left wing spar, a metal structure that bears the load of the wing, revealed a ...

After the crash the investigators found another Piper PA-28 at the university with a similar ... needed to detect the crack in the Piper’s wing spar were not done. Such tests were not required ...