AD/AMD 50/29 - Fuselage Lateral Feeder Tanks (Cth)

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.

AMD Falcon 50 and 900 Series Aeroplanes

AD/AMD 50/29 Fuselage Lateral Feeder Tanks 3/2003

Applicability: Mystere Falcon 50 aeroplanes, excluding those aircraft incorporating Dassault Aviation Service Bulletin F50-415, modification M673, or modification M2491.

Requirement: Carry out the requirements of Dassault Aviation Service Bulletin F50-415.

Note: DGAC 2002-595(B) refers.

Compliance: Within 15 months from the effective date of this Directive.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 20 March 2003.

Background: Analysis of an in-flight incident has shown the need to improve the resistance of the feeder tanks skin to direct lightning effects. This Directive addresses the problem by the fitment of insulation patches to the internal side of the feeder tanks.

James Coyne Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 28 January 2003

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 February 2003.

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