AD/TBM 700/38 Flap Carriage Roller Pins (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998.  The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/38 Flap Carriage Roller Pins 3/2005

Applicability:

All Model TBM 700 aircraft that have accumulated more than 2,500 landings.

Requirement:

Action in accordance with EADS Socata TBM 700 Service Bulletin No. SB 70-122, dated November 2004, or later EASA approved revision.

Note:  DGAC AD F-2005-017 refers.

Compliance:

At the next scheduled 100 hour inspection after 17 March 2005.  Repeat thereafter at each 100 hour inspection.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 March 2005.

Background:

Reports were received of two fatigue failures of flap carriage roller pins on in-service aircraft.

David Punshon
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

4 February 2005