AD/TBM 700/49 - Emergency Landing Gear By-pass Selector Inspection (Cth)

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 39.001(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.

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes AD/TBM 700/49 Emergency Landing Gear By-pass 7/2008 TX Selector Inspection

Applicability: EADS Socata TBM 700 N (commercial designation TBM 850) aircraft, serial numbers 364, 367 and 370 to 435 inclusive. Requirement: 1. For aircraft on which the affected floor panel has been removed during maintenance and aircraft for which it cannot be determined that any such removal did not occur, check the gap between the landing gear control button and the floor panel in accordance with paragraph (§) A of the Accomplishment Instructions of EADS Socata Service Bulletin (SB) 70-154-53 and, if the gap is found to be insufficient, modify the floor panel in accordance with § C of the Accomplishment Instructions of EADS Socata SB 70-154-53;

2. For aircraft on which the affected floor panel has not been removed during maintenance, modify the floor panel in accordance with § C of the Accomplishment Instructions of EADS Socata SB 70-154-53.

As specified in § B of the Accomplishment Instructions of EADS Socata SB 70-154-53, a single ferry flight with landing gear extended is allowed to reach a maintenance centre where the inspection/modification as required by § 1 of this AD can be accomplished.