COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Airtractor 600 Series Aeroplanes
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 39.1 (1) of CAR 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.
AD/AT 600/1 Airframe Life Limits 8/2000
Applicability: All models.
Requirement: Retire from service the airframe components listed in the Retirement Schedule below.
RETIREMENT SCHEDULE | ||
Component | Part No. | Retirement Life (Flight Hours) |
L/H Lower Spar Cap in Wing | 20603-1 | 6500 |
R/H Lower Spar Cap in Wing | 20603-2 | 6500 |
Wing Attach Block on Lower Cap | 20602-1 | 6500 |
Wing Attach Block on Lower Cap | 20602-2 | 6500 |
Plate Assy. – Fin Front Spar Attach | 30511-1 | 4000 |
Spar Assy. – Fin Rear | 30505-1 | 4000 |
Spring - Main Landing Gear Leg (including the forward and aft main gear clamp block bolts and the inboard main gear large bolt). | 40086-4 | 3000 hours or 8000 landings, whichever occurs first |
Spring – Tail Landing Gear Leg | 40092-4 | 3000 hours or 8000 landings, whichever occurs first |
Where the total number of landings during a period of service has not been recorded, three landings per one hour time in service must be assumed.
Compliance: Retire prior to exceeding the applicable time in service listed in the Retirement Schedule.
Note: The Type Certificate Data Sheet states that the lives are listed in the Maintenance Manual; however they are in fact listed in the Owners Manual.
This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 10 August 2000.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Background: This Directive has been issued to formally promulgate the airframe component life limitations determined by the manufacturer.
Neville James Probert
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 27 June 2000
The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 July 2000.