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RUAG AEROSPACE SERVICES GMBH: Amendment 39-18618; Docket No. FAA-2016-6983; Directorate Identifier 2016-CE-012-AD. |
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE
This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes effective September 30, 2016
(b) AFFECTED ADS
This AD supersedes AD 2009-13-04 Amendment 39-15943 (74 FR 29116; June
19, 2009) ("AD 2009-13-04").
(c) APPLICABILITY
This AD applies to RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Models 228-100, 228-
101, 228-200, 228-201, 228-202, and 228-212 airplanes, all serial
numbers, certificated in any category.
(d) SUBJECT
Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Code 76: Engine Controls.
(e) REASON
This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information
(MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to
identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The
MCAI describes the unsafe condition as excessive wear on the guide pin
of the power lever or condition lever, which could cause functional
loss of the flight idle stop. We are issuing this proposed AD to amend
the compliance times of the guide pin inspections.
(f) ACTIONS AND COMPLIANCE
Unless already done, do the following actions in paragraphs (f)(1)
through (4) of this AD based on a compliance time of hours time-in
-service (TIS) or flight cycles, whichever occurs first. If the flight
cycles or hours TIS of the throttle box assembly is unknown, use the
hours TIS of the airplane to determine the compliance time for the
inspection.
(1) For throttle box assemblies with less than 9,600 hours TIS or 9,600
flight cycles since installed: Inspect the guide pins of the power and
condition levers for excessive wear following the Accomplishment
Instructions in paragraph 2 of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Dornier
228 Alert Service Bulletin No. ASB-228-279, revision 1, dated
September 22, 2015, at the following times:
(i) Initially, unless already done within the last 1,200 hours TIS or
1,200 flight cycles as of July 24, 2009 (the effective date retained
from AD 2009-13-04), before or upon accumulating 9,600 hours TIS or
9,600 flight cycles, or within the next 100 hours TIS or 100 flight
cycles after July 24, 2009 (the effective date retained from AD 2009-
13-04), whichever occurs later, inspect the guide pins of the power
and condition levers for excessive wear; and
(ii) Repetitively thereafter within 4,800 hours TIS or 4,800 flight cycles
since any previous inspection in which the power and condition levers
guide pins were not replaced or within 9,600 hours TIS or 9,600
flight cycles, whichever occurs first, since the previous inspection
in which the power and condition levers guide pins were replaced.
(2) For throttle box assemblies with 9,600 hours TIS or more or 9,600
flight cycles or more but less than 13,200 hours TIS or 13,200 flight
cycles since installed: Inspect the guide pins of the power and
condition levers for excessive wear within the next 1,200 hours TIS or
1,200 flight cycles after July 24, 2009 (the effective date retained
from AD 2009-13-04) following the Accomplishment Instructions in
paragraph 2 of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Dornier 228 Alert Service
Bulletin No. ASB-228-279, revision 1, dated September 22, 2015; and
(i) Repetitively inspect the guide pins of the power and condition levers
for excessive wear thereafter within 4,800 hours TIS or 4,800 flight
cycles since any previous inspection in which the power and condition
levers guide pins were not replaced; or
(ii) Repetitively inspect the guide pins of the power and condition levers
for excessive wear within 9,600 hours TIS or 9,600 flight cycles
since the previous inspection in which the power and condition levers
guide pins were replaced.
(3) For throttle box assemblies with 13,200 hours TIS or more or 13,200
flight cycles or more since installed: Within 100 hours TIS or 100
flight cycles after July 24, 2009 (the effective date retained from AD
2009-13-04) inspect the guide pins of the power and condition levers
for excessive wear following the Accomplishment Instructions in para-
graph 2 of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Dornier 228 Alert Service
Bulletin No. ASB-228-279, revision 1, dated September 22, 2015, at the
following times:
(i) Initially within the next 100 hours TIS or 100 flight cycles after
July 24, 2009 (the effective date retained from AD 2009-13-04); and
(ii) Repetitively thereafter within 4,800 hours TIS or 4,800 flight cycles
since any previous inspection in which the power and condition levers
guide pins were not replaced or within 9,600 hours TIS or 9,600
flight cycles since the previous inspection in which the power and
condition levers guide pins were replaced.
(4) For all throttle box assemblies: Before further flight after any in-
spection required in paragraph (f)(1), (2), or (3) of this AD, replace
any guide pin that exceeds the acceptable wear-limits as defined in
paragraph 4.1 of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Dornier 228 Alert
Service Bulletin No. ASB-228-279 revision 1, dated September 22, 2015.
(g) OTHER FAA AD PROVISIONS
The following provisions also apply to this AD:
(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Standards
Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if re-
quested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information
to ATTN: Karl Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane
Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; tele-
phone: (816) 329-4123; fax: (816) 329-4090; email: karl.schletzbaum@
faa.gov. Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the
AMOC applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the
FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your
local FSDO.
(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain corrective
actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these actions if they
are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered FAA-approved if
they are approved by the State of Design Authority (or their delegated
agent). You are required to assure the product is airworthy before it
is returned to service.
(h) RELATED INFORMATION
Refer to MCAI European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No.: 2009-0031
R1, dated March 29, 2016, and EASA AD No.: 2009-0031R2, dated June 28,
2016, for related information. The MCAI can be found in the AD docket
on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and
locating Docket No. FAA-2016-6983.
(i) MATERIAL INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by
reference (IBR) of the service information listed in this paragraph
under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) You must use this service information as applicable to do the actions
required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(i) RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH Dornier 228 Alert Service Bulletin No.
ASB-228-279, revision 1, dated September 22, 2015.
(ii) Reserved.
(3) For RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH service information identified in
this AD, contact RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH, Dornier 228 Customer
Support, P.O. Box 1253, 82231 Wessling, Federal Republic of Germany,
telephone: +49 (0) 8153-30-2280; fax: +49 (0) 8153-30-3030; email:
custsupport.dornier228@ruag.com; Internet: http://www.ruag.com/.
(4) You may view this service information at FAA, Small Airplane
Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information
on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (816) 329-4148.
In addition, you can access this service information on the Internet
at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No.
FAA-2016-6983.
(5) You may view this service information that is incorporated by
reference at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202
-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-
locations.html.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 17, 2016. Pat Mullen, Acting
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Karl Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA,
Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri
64106; telephone: (816) 329-4123; fax: (816) 329-4090; email: karl.schletz
baum@faa.gov.
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