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99-19-03: AFM - Limitations Section - Ice Protection System

FAA order 99-19-03 is an airworthiness directive in force since December 27, 1999. The FAA's subject line: AFM - Limitations Section - Ice Protection System. It names North American NA-265: about 10 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: heating, ice protection and utility systems.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product: Aircraft
Makes: Sabreliner Corporation
Models: NA-265-40, NA-265-60, NA-265-70, NA-265-80
On this site: North American NA-265 10 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since: December 27, 1999
Published: November 22, 1999
Docket: 99-NM-137-AD
Status: Current
The FAA's document: Read the order on the FAA's site

The FAA's summary their words, unchanged

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Sabreliner Model NA-265-40, NA-265-60, NA-70, and NA-265-80 series airplanes, that requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to include requirements for activation of the airframe pneumatic deicing boots. This amendment is prompted by reports of inflight incidents and an accident that occurred in icing conditions where the airframe pneumatic deicing boots were not activated. The actions specified by this AD are intended to ensure that flightcrews activate the pneumatic wing and tail deicing boots at the first signs of ice accumulation. This action will prevent reduced controllability of the aircraft due to adverse aerodynamic effects of ice adhering to the airplane prior to the first deicing cycle.

The order itself the regulatory text, as published

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99-19-03:  SABRELINER CORPORATION:  Amendment 39-11292.  Docket 99-NM-137-AD.  Issued November 10, 1999.
	Applicability:  Model NA-265-40, NA-265-60, NA-70, and NA-265-80 series airplanes equipped with pneumatic deicing boots, certificated in any category.

	Compliance:  Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. 

	To ensure that flightcrews activate the wing and tail pneumatic deicing boots at the first signs of ice accumulation on the airplane, accomplish the following:  

	(a)	Within 10 days after the effective date of this AD:  Revise the Limitations Section of the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to include the following requirements for activation of the ice protection systems.  This may be accomplished by inserting a copy of this AD in the AFM.

	"o	Except if the AFM otherwise specifies that deicing boots should not be used for certain phases of flight (e.g., take-off, final approach, and landing), compliance with the following is required.

	oWing and Tail Leading Edge Pneumatic Deicing Boot System, if installed, must be activated:  
		-  At the first sign of ice formation anywhere on the aircraft, or upon annunciation from an ice detector system, whichever occurs first; and 

		-  The system must either be continued to be operated in the automatic cycling mode, if available; or the system must be manually cycled as needed to minimize the ice accretions on the airframe.  

	o	The wing and tail leading edge pneumatic deicing boot system may be deactivated only after completion of an entire deicing cycle after leaving icing conditions."

	(b)	An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used if approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate.  The request shall be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Operations Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Wichita ACO.

	NOTE 1:  Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Wichita ACO.

	(c)	Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.  

	(d)	This amendment becomes effective on December 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tina Miller, Aerospace Engineer, Flight Test Branch, ACE-117W, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone (316) 946-4168; fax (316) 946-4407.

Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/99-19-03.json · aircraft systems.