AD/DHC-8/103 Amdt 1 - Cockpit Door Hinge Attachment (Cth)

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE On the effective date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/DHC-8/103 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001(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.

Bombardier (Boeing Canada/De Havilland) DHC-8 Series Aeroplanes AD/DHC-8/103 Amdt 1 Cockpit Door Hinge Attachment 13/2007

Applicability: DHC-8 aircraft, Models 102, 103, 106, 201, 202, 301, 311, 314, and 315, with serial numbers 003 through 557; equipped with cockpit door installation, part numbers 82510074-( ), 82510294-( ), 82510310-001, 8Z4597-001, H85250010-( ), 82510700-( ), or 82510704-( ), except 82510704-502 and 82510704-503.

Note: -( ) denotes all dash numbers. Requirement: 1. Applicable to aircraft serial numbers 003 through 451, 453 through 463, 465 through 489, 491 through 505, and 507.

Modify the cockpit door single-point hinge attachment to a two-point hinge attachment by incorporating Modsum 8Q100859 in accordance with Bombardier Service Bulletin 8-52-54 original issue, dated 12 May 2004, or Revision A, dated 5 November 2004, or a later Transport Canada approved revision.

Note 1: Installation of Modifications 8/2337 and 8/3339 are required for aircraft serial numbers 003 through 407, 409 through 412, and 414 through 433, before installation of Modsum 8Q100859.