# Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. Model DA 20-A1 Airplanes, Serial Numbers 10002 Through 10287
> **Rule** · Final rule; request for comments. · Published 1997-07-03 · Effective 1997-07-14 · 62 FR 35959
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-17450
- **Category:** airworthiness
- **Manufacturer:** Diamond
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule; request for comments.
- **Citation:** 62 FR 35959
- **Publication date:** 1997-07-03
- **Effective date:** 1997-07-14
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. 97-CE-36-AD
## Abstract

This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-13-02, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Diamond Aircraft Industries, Inc. (Diamond) Model DA 20-A1 airplanes. This AD requires fabricating and installing a placard and inserting limitations into the airplane's flight manual limitations section prohibiting spin maneuvers until a modification is installed. This AD results from an occurrence where a pilot's shoe jammed between the rudder control pedal and the firewall during a spin recovery in a Canadian registered HOAC-Austria Model DV 20 KATANA airplane. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the pilot's shoe from becoming jammed between the rudder pedal and firewall which could result in loss of control of the airplane.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/07/03/97-17450/airworthiness-directives-diamond-aircraft-industries-inc-model-da-20-a1-airplanes-serial-numbers)
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