Malibu mandate

The US Federal Aviation Administration is considering issuing an airworthiness directive ordering replacement of the wing-attach hardware to more than 180 Piper Malibus, following New Piper's fears that the steel used may not be as strong as intended. Florida-based New Piper claims that the parts were "annealed instead of normalised ...

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