VanGo Posted October 9 Report Posted October 9 What are other Mooney Turbo owners doing about AD 2023 09-09? My parts are on order. It has been over 2 years since this AD came out and no qualified clamps have been produced or available for purchase (at least my sources say so). Yeah, you can get AMOC, but the criteria for that waiver does not apply to my plane (1979 M20K). Apparently my clamps may be 46 years old. It appears I am grounded until next spring when the required parts are then available! Maybe. I’m a CFI and ardently support compliance with all FAA directives. But this is ridiculous. This didn’t just happen, the industry & the FAA have know about this for years. & now I’m grounded. Grrrrrrrrre……
Ragsf15e Posted October 9 Report Posted October 9 13 minutes ago, VanGo said: What are other Mooney Turbo owners doing about AD 2023 09-09? My parts are on order. It has been over 2 years since this AD came out and no qualified clamps have been produced or available for purchase (at least my sources say so). Yeah, you can get AMOC, but the criteria for that waiver does not apply to my plane (1979 M20K). Apparently my clamps may be 46 years old. It appears I am grounded until next spring when the required parts are then available! Maybe. I’m a CFI and ardently support compliance with all FAA directives. But this is ridiculous. This didn’t just happen, the industry & the FAA have know about this for years. & now I’m grounded. Grrrrrrrrre…… Have you tried the RAM pma clamp? Some people have had success that route. Some not. Sorry for your troubles…
hubcap Posted October 9 Report Posted October 9 6 hours ago, Ragsf15e said: Have you tried the RAM pma clamp? Some people have had success that route. Some not. Sorry for your troubles… The RAM clamp worked for me.
Ragsf15e Posted October 17 Report Posted October 17 4 hours ago, CMMPilot said: Source for the Ram? You’ll have to call ram. It’s in their catalog (link below). Says replaced cont 653332. Here’s a screenshot of that page. https://user-85914626177.cld.bz/RAM-Parts-Catalog-Online/98/#zoom=true
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