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2007-26-08 REIMS AVIATION S.A.: Amendment 39-15310; Docket No. FAA- 2007-0115; Directorate Identifier 2007-CE-080-AD.
Effective Date
(a) This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes effective January 31, 2008.
Affected ADs
(b) None.
Applicability
(c) This AD applies to F406 airplanes, all serial numbers, that are:
(1) equipped with landing gear emergency blowdown bottle part number (P/N) 9910154-4; and
(2) certificated in any category.
Subject
(d) Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Code 32: Landing Gear.
Reason
(e) The mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) states:
On several occasions, leaks of the landing gear emergency blowdown bottle have been reported. Investigations revealed that the leakage was located on the nut manometer because of a design deficiency in the bottle head.
If left uncorrected, the internal bottle pressure could not be maintained to an adequate level and could result in a malfunction, failing to extend landing gears during emergency situations. The MCAI requires you to replace the old landing gear emergency blowdown bottle with a newly designed landing gear emergency blowdown bottle.
Actions and Compliance
(f) Unless already done, within the next 12 calendar months after January 31, 2008 (the effective date of this AD) remove the emergency blowdown bottle P/N 9910154-4 and install the new emergency blowdown bottle P/N 4063700-1 using the accomplishment instructions of the REIMS AVIATION Industries Service Bulletin No.: F406-66, dated May 7, 2007.
FAA AD Differences
Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: No differences.
Other FAA AD Provisions
(g) The following provisions also apply to this AD:
(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Standards Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN: Mike Kiesov, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4144; fax: (816) 329-4090. Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local FSDO.
(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain corrective actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered FAA-approved if they are approved by the State of Design Authority (or their delegated agent). You are required to assure the product is airworthy before it is returned to service.
(3) Reporting Requirements: For any reporting requirement in this AD, under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection requirements and has assigned OMB Control Number 2120-0056.
Related Information
(h) Refer to MCAI European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD No.: 2007-0190, dated July 12, 2007; and REIMS AVIATION INDUSTRIES Service Bulletin No.: F406-66, dated May 7, 2007, for related information.
Material Incorporated by Reference
(i) You must use REIMS AVIATION INDUSTRIES Service Bulletin No.: F406-66, dated May 7, 2007, to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of this service information under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
(2) For service information identified in this AD, contact REIMS AVIATION INDUSTRIES, A[eacute]rodrome de Reims Prunay, 51360 Prunay, France, A l'attention du Support Client; telephone: +33 (0)3.26.48.46.53; fax: +33 (0)3.26.49.18.57.
(3) You may review copies at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, 901 Locust, Room 506, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html .
