A Cirrus throttle lever is shown separated from its linkage. On the right is an image highlighting the cracks found by using a fluorescent penetrating dye, with cracks shown in green. The pictured throttle lever is a newer, hollow one, which replaced the original, solid levers when Cirrus added the option of a go-around button to new aircraft in leveraging avionics advances.
There is no timeline or deadline for the FAA to decide on its next steps, which may include an airworthiness directive or doing nothing at all.
The FAA has generated an airworthiness concern sheet (ACS), which typically precedes an airworthiness directive.
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