AD/DHC-2/10 Amdt 8 - Lift Strut and Lift Strut Attachment Fittings (Cth)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

DHC-2 (Beaver) Series Aeroplanes

AD/DHC-2/10 Amdt 8

Lift Strut and Lift Strut Attachment Fittings 3/88

Applicability: All models.

Requirement: 1. Carry out a fluorescent penetrant inspection for cracking of the upper attachment fitting of each lift strut at the times specified in compliance table, item (1).

2. Replace the complete lift struts with new struts at the lives specified in compliance table, Item (1).

Note: The attention of operators is also drawn to de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada SB No 2/43.

3. Replace the wing/strut attachment fittings and the fuselage/strut attachment fittings with new fittings at the lives specified in compliance table, Items (2) and (3).

4. Check for looseness of the lift strut attachment bolts in their holes, and for any evidence of misalignment of the strut or of the wing and fuselage strut attachment fittings at the times specified in compliance table, Item (4). Any misalignment or looseness of fit shall be corrected before further flight.

5. Replace strut upper and lower attachment bolts with new bolts, at the times specified in compliance table, Item (5).

Compliance: Retirement Lives and Inspections:

Columns headed "A" apply to components which have at any time been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

Columns headed "B" apply to components which have never been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

Inspection intervals and Retirement Lives are in hours time in service and for modified struts are in hours time in service of the oldest component of the strut.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

DHC-2 (Beaver) Series Aeroplanes

AD/DHC-2/10 Amdt 8

Lift Strut and Lift Strut Attachment Fittings 3/88

Applicability: All models.

Requirement: 1. Carry out a fluorescent penetrant inspection for cracking of the upper attachment fitting of each lift strut at the times specified in compliance table, item (1).

2. Replace the complete lift struts with new struts at the lives specified in compliance table, Item (1).

Note: The attention of operators is also drawn to de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada SB No 2/43.

3. Replace the wing/strut attachment fittings and the fuselage/strut attachment fittings with new fittings at the lives specified in compliance table, Items (2) and (3).

5. Replace strut upper and lower attachment bolts with new bolts, at the times specified in compliance table, Item (5).

Compliance: Retirement Lives and Inspections:

Columns headed "A" apply to components which have at any time been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

Columns headed "B" apply to components which have never been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

Inspection intervals and Retirement Lives are in hours time in service and for modified struts are in hours time in service of the oldest component of the strut.

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