COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Beechcraft 55, 58 and 95-55 (Baron) 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/BEECH 55/86 Magnesium Metal Bonded Elevator Assembly
Applicability: Model Serial Number
13/2000
95-A55 TC-191 through TC-349, TC-351 through TC-370, TC-372 through TC- 501
95-B55 TC-371 and TC-502 through TC-2406
95-C55 TC-350, TE-1 through TE-49, and TE-51 through TE-451 D55 TE-452 through TE-767
E55 TE-768 through TE-1201
58 TH-1 through TH-1930
58P TJ-3 through TJ-435, and TJ-437 through TJ-443 58TC TK-1 through TK-150
Requirement: Action in accordance with Raytheon Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin 27-3396, Issued May 2000, Revised June 2000.
Note: FAA AD 2000-18-02 Amdt 39-11887 refers.
Compliance: Accomplish, before 28 January 2001, the check to determine whether an affected elevator skin assembly is installed. Replace, before further flight, any elevator skin assembly found to be affected.
This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 28 December 2000.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Background: The FAA received reports that certain elevator skin assemblies did not receive a 250 degree Fahrenheit bake operation after corrosion treatment; thus making the skin susceptible to separation from the elevator assembly. Static strength capability is reduced due to the bond degradation, and continued operation could result in skin separation with potential aircraft flutter, and consequent loss of control of the aircraft.
David Alan Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 7 November 2000
The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 November 2000.