COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Aerospatiale (Socata) TB20 (Trinidad) Series Aeroplanes
AD/TB20/7 Stabilator Control Rod Ends 4/87 DM
Applicability: All models with S/Nos 1 to 709, except S/Nos 652, 653, 661, 664, 665, 672, 691, 701
to 706.
Requirement: Action in accordance with Socata S.B. No. 29.
Note: Bureau Veritas AD 87-003(A) refers.
Compliance: Within 25 hours time-in-service after 6 February 1987 and thereafter at each scheduled inspection for Maintenance Release issue until modified.
Background: The manufacturer reports instances of stabilator operating rod ends with excessive play due to loose rivets.