AD/DHC-8/69 - Wing/Fuselage Closing Angles (Cth)

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

Bombardier (Boeing Canada/De Havilland) DHC-8 Series Aeroplanes

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.

AD/DHC-8/69 Wing/Fuselage Closing Angles 5/2000

Applicability: DHC-8 aircraft, Models 102, 103, 106, 201, 202, 301, 311, 314, and 315.

Requirement: Revise the Transport Canada approved maintenance program by incorporating the inspection and the inspection intervals of Airworthiness Limitations List (AWL), Structural Inspection Task 5310/31A as detailed in the Temporary Revisions (TRs) of the DHC-8 Maintenance Program Manuals specified below:

DHC-8 Models Maintenance Program Manual Temporary Revision No. 102, 103, 106 PSM 1-8-7 TR AWL-71 201, 202 PSM 1-82-7 TR AWL2-15 301,311, 314, 315 PSM 1-83-7 TR AWL3-78

For those angles designated as PSEs, phase in the structural inspection tasks detailed above in accordance with the compliance part of this Directive.