AD/PROP/1 Amdt 2 - Propellers - Overhaul (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/PROP/1 Amdt 1 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CASR 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.

Propellers - General

AD/PROP/1 Amdt 2

Propellers - Overhaul 12/2003

Applicability: All propellers; other than propellers installed in:

1. Aircraft administered by an approved sports aviation body; and

2. Aircraft administered by the Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association; and

3. Aircraft issued with a special certificate of airworthiness under Civil Aviation Regulation (1998) 21.189 (1) (a) (ii); and

4. Aircraft issued with an experimental certificate under Civil Aviation Regulation (1998) 21.195A; and

5. Aircraft maintained under a system of maintenance. Requirement: Overhaul: Propellers, and components as listed in the propeller manufacturer's parts catalogue, shall be overhauled by an approved organisation using the manufacturers overhaul procedures, or other approved data.

Compliance: Overhaul:

Commencing the effective date of this Directive the propeller shall be overhauled in accordance with:

The propeller manufacturer's published TBO; or

The CASA TBO period as listed in Appendix 1 of this Directive.