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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Maule M-6 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/ML-M6/2 Nicopress Sleeves on Control Cables 7/2000 DM

Applicability: All M6 models and Serial Numbers.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Maule SB No. 20 dated 27 December 1999.

Note: FAA AD 2000-09-06 refers

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after the effective date of this directive, except for M6-235 S/Nos 7508C, 7510C, 7516C, and 7518C to 7521C, for which the action will be carried out within 25 hours time in service after the effective date of this directive.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 7 June 2000.

Background: There have been reports of cable slipping from the nicopress sleeve. Maule determined that one of their tools was incorrectly set.

Bernard Malcolm Hole

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 2 June 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 June 2000.