AD/P68/19 Amdt 3 - Control Wheel Shaft Universal Joint (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/P68/19 Amdt 2 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.

Partenavia P68 Series Aeroplanes AD/P68/19 Amdt 3 Control Wheel Shaft Universal Joint 10/2008

Applicability: All models: P68, P68B, P68C, and P68C-TC. Requirement: Inspect the control wheel shaft (rod) universal joint in accordance with Partenavia Service Bulletin No. 48, Revision 1 or later revision. Compliance: 1. For aircraft with serial numbers 001 up to and including 087: If Kit 68-016 has not been installed, inspect at intervals not to exceed 200 hours time in service or two years, whichever occurs first, until Kit 68-016 is installed.

Note 1: Kit 68-016 includes universal joint P/No. NOR 7.315-04 and is defined in SB No. 48, Rev 1. If this Kit is to be installed see Partenavia Service Instruction No. 09, Revision 1. 2. For aircraft with serial numbers up to and including 087 after Kit 68-016 has been installed, and aircraft with serial numbers 088 and up, inspect at intervals not to exceed 1000 hours time in service or four years, whichever occurs first.

Note 2: Aircraft with serial numbers 088 and up have Kit 68-016 installed at manufacture.