LATEST T-CRAFT AD

I just wanted to pass along some information in case it would be helpful to other Taylorcraft owners in the southeast US.

In August, when the initial AD came out on the lift struts, my A&P contacted Applied Technical Services Inc here in Richmond.  Although they didn't have the capabilities of doing the test, their Chesapeake, VA Field Office did.  My A&P discussed the situation with Mr. Christopher Vorwald of that office, and they felt as though that either one of the two options (at that time) might not be sufficient by itself, I believe becasue of the variety of lift struts manufactured for the T-Craft over time, and therefore varying thicknesses, so Mr. Vorwald performed both options, and did so at a very reasonable cost.  (It was a help that my A&P took the lift struts off and carried them down to Chesapeake and that Mr. Vorwald was going to be coming back through our area a week later on his way to another city and could drop them off.)  So my BC12-D had both the methods applied back then and is thus in compliance on the latest AD.

If anyone would like to check with Applied Technical Services on having this done for the latest AD, they have Field Offices in various areas around the southeast, though I understand that not all of them have the equipment needed.

The main office is:

Applied Technical Services, Inc.
1049 Triad Court
Marietta, GA 30062
770 423-1400

They have offices in SC, AL, FL, DE, GA, and VA, but only certain ones have the abiity to perform the inspection.

Mr. Vorwald is Regional Manager of the Chesapeake office:
Applied Technical Services, Inc.
1325-B Cavalier Boulevard
Chesapeake, VA 23323

www.atslab.com is the website

Mr. Vorwald was very professional and did a quick turnaround for us.

Brock Estes
2024 Stonehollow Road
Richmond, VA 23238
804 740-6125
brock.estes@verizon.net
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