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Aircraft Flight Manuals:
Israel Aerospace Industries has informed us that a new revision has been accomplished for the Aircraft Flight Manuals. This revision only affects the US operators of the 1121B, 1123, 1124 and the 1124A aircraft. The change is in response to the November 12 accident of A300-600 aircraft shortly after take-off. The change will be placed in the “prohibited maneuvers” section in the AFM and will be worded as follows:

Avoid rapid and large alternating control inputs, especially in combination with large changes in pitch, roll, or yaw (e.g., large sideslip angles) as they may result in structural failures at any speed, including below VA.

A full write up of the FAA memorandum that instigated this change may be found at this link, http://www.worthingtonav.com/downloads/memorandum.pdf.

ATA 00 General

We have been notified that there are indications that WECO approved for return to service components and instruments not maintained in compliance with the manufacturer’s maintenance manual or other data acceptable to the FAA. Worthington has since completed a complete sweep of our inventory for items that were maintained by WECO. Worthington has since sent out for re-certification any parts that were in stock. Attached is a list of items that are affected. UPN- http://www.worthingtonav.com/downloads/UPN%202008_S20080411011.pdf List of parts sold by Worthington - http://www.worthingtonav.com/downloads/WECO%20Parts.xls