AD/AT/24 Amdt 2 - Overturn Skid Plate (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/AT/24 Amdt 1 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.

Airtractor AT-300, 400 and 500 Series Aeroplanes AD/AT/24 Amdt 2 Overturn Skid Plate 3/2009

Applicability: Group 1 aircraft Models AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401A, AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B, with serial numbers -0001 through -1196, and; Models AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, and AT-502B with Serial Numbers -0001 through -2620.

Group 2 aircraft Model AT-401B, with serial numbers -0952 through -1196. Requirement: For Group 1 aircraft:

If overturn skid plate kit part number (P/N) 11411-1-500 or an FAA-approved equivalent part number is already installed, then install P/N 11411-1-501 modification kit; in accordance with Snow Engineering Co. Service Letter (SL) No. 97, revised 7 November 2007, or SL No. 97, revised 19 September 2008.

If there is no overturn skid plate installed, then install overturn skid plate modification kit P/N 11411-1-502 or an FAA-approved equivalent part number; in accordance with SL No. 97, revised 7 November 2007, or SL No. 97, revised 19 September 2008.