AD/TBM 700/41 Amdt 1 Pilot Door Locking Fittings (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/TBM 700/41 and issues the following 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 700/41 Amdt 1 Pilot Door Locking Fittings 13/2007

Applicability:

Model TBM 700 aircraft, B and C variants, with serial numbers 126 through 322, and equipped with a pilot door.

Requirement:

1.    Accomplish a detailed inspection of the door locking stops in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of EADS SOCATA Service Bulletin (SB)
TBM 700 No. 70-131, dated July 2005, or later DGAC/EASA approved revision.

If a faulty stop fitting is detected, before further flight, replace the fitting with a new stop fitting.

2.    If the replacement of a faulty stop fitting was accomplished in accordance with the Requirement 1 inspection, apply the procedure for replacement of the stop fitting in accordance with SB TBM 700 No. 70-131 Revision 1, dated June 2007, or later DGAC/EASA approved revision.

Note:  DGAC AD F-2007-016 refers.

Compliance:

1.    Within 10 flight hours after 5 August 2005.

2.    Within 12 months after 20 December 2007.

The compliance time for Requirement 1 remains unchanged by this issue of the Directive.

This Amendment becomes effective on 20 December 2007.

Background:

The manufacturer has determined that non-adherence to the pilot door adjustment procedure could damage the stop fittings and possibly result in depressurisation of the aircraft.

Amendment 1 is issued in response to a new DGAC AD and a revision of the Requirement document, which adds an operation in the stop fitting replacement procedure.

David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

7 November 2007