| Light Sport Aircraft · Safety Directives and Service Advisories | |
| Please check back here often to ensure you have the latest information. Send any questions, comments, or requests for product information to ultrikes@northwing.com Safety Directives are mandatory changes to your aircraft, and the aircraft is grounded until it is fixed per the instructions of the manufacturer. Service Advisories are recommendations that are advising the customer of something that was brought to our attention. The customer is advised to check out their aircraft, and take care of the problem if they find something and notify us. Not mandatory unless you find the same issue. |
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Advisory #: 101 Part: Fuel Drain Valve Ref: leaking fuel Number of Incidents: 1 We have had one incident where as the Fuel Drain Valve (located under the fuel tank) leaked fuel over night. The cause may have been a faulty o-ring, the fuel additive compromised the o-ring or it did not reset after the fuel was checked. There is no reason to change your check valve at this time. We are just advising you to watch the valve for leaks after every time you check for water in the fuel. |
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Advisory #: 102 Part: Fuel Line Ref: degrading fuel line Number of Incidents: 1 Please inspect your fuel line for cracks. The cracks look like a shattered-glass pattern. The fuel line, when twisted, just fell apart. Until then, it stayed intact. We believe that old fuel was the cause. |
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Advisory #: 103 Part: Fuel Line Ref: fuel line abrasion Number of Incidents: 1 One incident of the fuel line going to each carburetor rubbing on the hose clamp for the equalization line was reported on a 912 with 135 hrs. These lines come from the fuel splitter after the fuel pump.  They are located on top the engine and branch to each carburetor. They were tightly secured to the equalization tube, but the engine vibrations still caused the fuel line to rub against the equalization line hose clamp causing considerable wear. If not corrected, it was estimated the line would begin to leak fuel over the engine during flight after about 250 hours.To prevent this from re-occurring, a shield made of another hose was wire tied between the fuel line and the equalization tube to prevent contact with the hose clamp (See picture). This had to be done on the fuel line to each carburetor. It is suggested all 912 owners check for wear at this point. |
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This service advisory applies to Ultralight Aircraft only, not Light Sport Aircraft Attention: All MZ 34 Owners (installed on a North Wing product or any other manufacturer) There has been an incident where at least one Drive Pulley Plate bolt has loosened, and caused enough play in the drive to sheer the other two bolts off. This resulted in the whole re-drive assembly separating from the engine (propeller and all). We advise ALL MZ34 Owners (not only North Wing trikes) to check their bolts for proper torque. Taking the bolts out and re-torque them with red LocTite may be the best choice, if you see that any of the bolts have become loose. |
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Where: Lower control bar (see picture) When: While using the folding wing ability. Problem: Fitting is sticking while rotating causing internal strut fitting to crack strut. If you are using the folding wing ability of your North Wing MPulse or Quest wing that has the fittings shown here, we suggest you upgrade to our newest control bar hardware. If you are not using the folding ability of your wing, you have nothing to be concerned about and changing the hardware is not necessary. If you have been using the fold back ability and are not sure if you have a problem with your fittings, then you likely do not have a problem. It will be very obvious that your strut is cracked (see picture). For those of you that need to change over to the new hardware, we will supply you with a whole retro kit for cost.  Contact North Wing by phone (509.682.4359) or email us to order this upgrade. Order Code - RTK16AD Control Bar Hardware Retrofit Kit   |
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| NOTE: North Wing does not publish engine-specific Service Bulletins on this website. Please visit the following engine websites to view their service advisory information. |
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Rotax Aircraft Engines - company website |
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Rotax Owner Assistance Network - information and support |
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HKS Aircraft Engines - company website |
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Simonini Aircraft Engines - company website |
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Compact Radial Engines (MZ 34) - company website |
