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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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.

Extra EA-300 Series Aeroplanes

AD/EXTRA/7 Upper Longeron at Horizontal Stabiliser 2/2003

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Applicability: Model EA 300 S aircraft, serial numbers 01 through 29.

Requirement: 1. Inspect in accordance with Part I of Extra Mandatory Service Bulletin (MSB) No.

SB-300-2-95 Issue D, dated 30 January 2001.

2. Modify in accordance with Extra MSB No. SB-300-2-95 Issue D.

Note: LBA AD 2003-001 refers.

Compliance: 1. Before further flight after 23 December 2002, unless already accomplished.

2. Before 28 February 2003, unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 23 December 2002.

Background: Cracks have been discovered on Model EA 300 S aircraft in front of the horizontal stabiliser attachment as well as between the attachment fittings in the upper longeron. This Directive introduces an additional pair of tubes to improve the stiffness of the fuselage cross-section underneath the stabiliser attachment.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 19 December 2002

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2002.

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