COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Pilatus PC-12 Series Aeroplanes
AD/PC-12/7 Aileron Tie Rod Assembly 8/97
Applicability: Model PC-12 and PC-12/45 aircraft, with serial numbers MSN 101 through to and including MSN 169.
Requirement: Inspect and modify in accordance with Pilatus Mandatory Service Bulletin 27-001.
Note: FOCA Switzerland AD HB 97-174 refers.
Compliance: Unless already accomplished, before 17 October 1997.
This airworthiness directive becomes effective on 17 July 1997.
Background: A report was received where the aileron tie-rod jam-nuts, on the aileron movement chain of the control wheels, became loose.