AD/CESSNA 310/51 Amdt 1 - Powerplant Fire Detection System - Installation

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

 


Cessna 310 Series Aeroplanes

 

AD/CESSNA 310/51

Amdt 1


Powerplant Fire Detection System - Installation


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Applicability: All turbocharged Model 310 Series.

 

Requirement: 1. Install a powerplant fire detection system complying with a specification acceptable to the Secretary.

 

2. Ensure that maintenance instructions for the system are adequately detailed in the approved maintenance system for the aircraft.

 

Note 1: Fire detection systems which have been shown to comply with paragraph 1203 of Part 23 of the US Federal Aviation Regulations are acceptable as complying with this Airworthiness Directive.

 

Note 2: It is recommended, in the interest of safety, that when complying with this Directive, consideration be given to the installation of both audible fire warning devices and fire extinguisher systems. A suitable standard for this can be found in ANO 101.4 Para 6.14.

 

Compliance: Before 1 April 1983.

 

Background: a. This Directive has been amended in order to clarify the intent of Note 2 in the Requirement.

 

b. Hot gas escaping from failed exhaust manifolds has caused serious structural damage to nacelles and wings. This damage may remain undetected in flight with potentially fatal results. In order to reduce this threat fire detectors are to be installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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