COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Beechcraft 400 Series Aeroplanes
AD/BEECH 400/5 Main Circuit Breaker Panel 1/94
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Applicability: Model 400A aircraft with serials numbers RK-45 and RK-49 through RK-77 inclusive.
Requirement: Action in accordance with Beechcraft Mandatory Service Bulletin 2520 dated August 1993 and Beechcraft Service Communique 400-101 dated July 1993.
Note: FAA AD 93-20-01 Amdt 39-8708 refers.
Compliance: Within 25 hours’ time in service from 17 November 1993.
Background: Beechcraft have advised of anomalies in the main circuit breaker panel wiring and that there is a possibility for an electrical short to occur. Compliance with this Directive will decrease the probability of an electrical short causing fire and smoke in the cockpit.