92-07-05: Rudder Trim Tab

92-07-05 BEECH: Amendment 39-8201. Docket No. 91-CE-90-AD. Supersedes AD 91-12-12, Amendment 39-7023. Applicability: Models 65-90, 65-A90, 65-A90-1, 65-A90-2, 65-A90-3, 65-A90-4, B90, and C90 airplanes (all serial numbers (S/N)); Model C90A airplanes (S/N LJ-1063 through LJ-1280); Models E90, H90, 99, 99A, A99A, B99, C99, 100, A100, and B100 airplanes (all S/N), certificated in any category. Compliance: Required within the next 150 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished (superseded AD 91-12-12, Amendment 39-7023). To prevent structural damage or imbalance to the rudder caused by improper drainage of water from the rudder trim tab, accomplish the following: (a) Inspect the rudder trim tab for proper moisture drainage provisions in accordance with the instructions in Beech Service Bulletin No. 2365, Revision 1, dated December 1991. If the correct drainage provisions do not exist, prior to further flight, modifythe rudder trim tab in accordance with the instructions in the referenced service bulletin. NOTE: The requirements of this AD may have already been accomplished in accordance with superseded AD 91-12-12, Amendment 39-7023. A change in the Applicability paragraph is the only difference between this action and superseded AD 91-12-12. (b) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. (c) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an equivalent level of safety may be approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 1801 Airport Road, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209. The request should be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office. (d) The inspection and possible modification required by this AD shall be done in accordance with Beech Service Bulletin No. 2365, Revision 1, dated December 1991. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from the Beech Aircraft Corporation, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 1100 L Street, NW, Room 8401, Washington, DC. (e) This amendment (39-8201) supersedes AD 91-12-12, Amendment 39-7023. (f) This amendment (39-8201, AD 92-07-05) becomes effective on April 30, 1992.