FED:CASA issues directive on light planes

AAP General News (Australia)
01-14-2012
FED:CASA issues directive on light planes

Hundreds of light planes have been grounded in Australia because of concerns about their safety.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority issued an airworthiness directive late yesterday
requiring the mandatory inspection of flight control cables on the Beechcraft Debonair
and Bonanza aircraft.

Owners and operators of the planes have been ordered to replace any damaged forward
elevator control cables and if …