This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners and operators of certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. models and serial numbers listed below, of our recommendation to incorporate Piper Service Bulletin (SB) 1199.
At this time, this airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant AD action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR) part 39.

Background
AD 72-08-06 mandates periodic inspections of certain configurations of the four main landing gear (MLG) torque link assemblies to detect cracks adjacent to the 2.5-inch diameter machined boss.

This information is presented in response to an incident involving a Piper PA-28-140 aircraft used for flight training. After a failed landing attempt, it was discovered that the left landing gear torque link P/N 65691-00 had broken and allowed the strut/wheel assembly to depart the aircraft. Upon landing, the aircraft received damage to the left flap and upper gear. There were no injuries. A review of the incident aircraft’s logbook revealed that 500-hour repetitive inspections required by AD 72-08-06 were complied with 203.8 hours earlier.

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