2008-14-13: Upper door hinge

2008-14-13 Cirrus Design Corporation: Amendment 39-15608; Docket No. FAA-2007-28245; Directorate Identifier 2007-CE-047-AD. Effective Date (a) This AD becomes effective on August 14, 2008. Affected ADs (b) None. Applicability (c) This AD applies to the following airplane models and serial numbers that are certificated in any category: Models Serial Numbers SR20 1423 through 1906 SR22 0795 and 0820 through 2912 Unsafe Condition (d) This AD results from two known occurrences of in-flight cabin door separation (one total separation and one retained by the door strut). We are issuing this AD to prevent in-flight failure of the cabin door, which could result in door separation from the airplane. Compliance (e) Unless already done, within the next 50 hours time-in- service (TIS) after August 14, 2008 (the effective date of this AD) or within 180 days after August 14, 2008 (the effective date of this AD), whichever occurs first, following Cirrus Design Corporation Service Bulletin SB 2X-52-07 R4, dated January 24, 2008, do one of the following: (1) If threaded sleeve is installed at the cabin door rod end, install cabin door rod end Kit 70186-004. (2) If threaded sleeve is not installed at the cabin door rod end, install cabin door rod end Kit 70186-005. Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) (f) The Manager, Chicago Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), 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: Wess Rouse, Aerospace Engineer, Chicago ACO, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 107, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018; telephone: (847) 294- 8113; fax: (847) 294-7834. 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. Related Information (g) To get copies of theservice information referenced in this AD, contact Cirrus Design Corporation, 4515 Taylor Circle, Duluth, Minnesota 55811, telephone: (218) 788-3000. To view the AD docket, go to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M- 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, or on the Internet at http:// dms.dot.gov. The docket number is Docket No. FAA-2007-28245; Directorate Identifier 2007-CE-047-AD. Material Incorporated by Reference (h) You must use Cirrus Design Corporation Service Bulletin SB 2X-52-07 R4, dated January 24, 2008, 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 Cirrus Design Corporation, 4515 Taylor Circle, Duluth, Minnesota 55811; telephone: (218) 727-2737; Internet address: www.cirrusdesign.com. (3) You may review copies at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, 901 Locust, 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/code_ of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.