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AD/AC/99 - Wing and Fuselage Structure

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This Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of specified Twin Commander Model 690D, 695A and 695B aeroplanes (listed serial numbers) to carry out initial wing and fuselage inspections/modifications and then perform recurring inspections and any necessary repairs or part replacements, using the procedures and compliance times in Twin Commander MSB No. 214. (Applicability; Requirement 1)

The cost and scheduling fall on the aircraft owner/operator; compliance timing is set by the MSB tables or the AD’s alternate timing choice, and the AD is issued by a CASA delegate under CASR subreg 39.1(1). (Requirement 1.a(i)/(ii); Requirement 1.b)

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (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.

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Twin Commander (Gulfstream/Rockwell/Aerocommander 500, 600 and 700) Series Aeroplanes

AD/AC/99 Wing and Fuselage Structure 7/2

AD/AC/99 Wing and Fuselage Structure 7/2003

Applicability: Model 690D aircraft, serial numbers 15001 through 15036, and 15038 through 15040.

Model 695A aircraft, serial numbers 96001 through 96062, 96065 through 96068,

96070, 96071, 96073, 96074, 96076, 96077, 96079 through 96084, 96086, 96087,

and 96089 through 96100.

Model 695B aircraft, serial numbers 96063, 96069, 96075, 96078, 96085, and 96204

through 96208.

Requirement: 1. Initially inspect and modify the wing and fuselage areas (Part I Inspection

/Modifications as identified in Twin Commander Aircraft Corporation Mandatory Service Bulletin (MSB) No. 214, dated 26 January 2000) and repetitively inspect with necessary modification or replacement of damaged parts (Part II Recurring Inspections as identified in MSB No. 214, in accordance with the following schedules:

Part I Initial Inspections/Modifications: Initially (unless already accomplished) accomplish the Part I Inspections/Modifications at whichever compliance time in Requirement 1.a.(i) or 1.a.(ii) occurs later:

(i) The compliance times presented in Part I Table I of MSB No. 214 as amended by; Twin Commander Corporation Service Publications (SP) revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 1, Release Date: 19 April 2000; and SP revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 2, Release Date: 21 May 2001; or,

(ii) MSB 214 Table A Compliance Times.
b. Part II Recurring Inspections: Repetitively inspect as referenced in Part II Recurring Inspections on page 62 of MSB No. 214 as amended by; SP revision notice to MSB No.214, Revision 1; and SP revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 2.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Twin Commander (Gulfstream/Rockwell/Aerocommander 500, 600 and 700) Series Aeroplanes

AD/AC/99 Wing and Fuselage Structure 7/2 AD/AC/99 Wing and Fuselage Structure 7/2003

AD/AC/99 Wing and Fuselage Structure 7/2003

Applicability: Model 690D aircraft, serial numbers 15001 through 15036, and 15038 through 15040.

Model 695A aircraft, serial numbers 96001 through 96062, 96065 through 96068,

96070, 96071, 96073, 96074, 96076, 96077, 96079 through 96084, 96086, 96087,

and 96089 through 96100.

Model 695B aircraft, serial numbers 96063, 96069, 96075, 96078, 96085, and 96204

through 96208.

Requirement: 1. Initially inspect and modify the wing and fuselage areas (Part I Inspection

Part I Initial Inspections/Modifications: Initially (unless already accomplished) accomplish the Part I Inspections/Modifications at whichever compliance time in Requirement 1.a.(i) or 1.a.(ii) occurs later:

(i) The compliance times presented in Part I Table I of MSB No. 214 as amended by; Twin Commander Corporation Service Publications (SP) revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 1, Release Date: 19 April 2000; and SP revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 2, Release Date: 21 May 2001; or,

(ii) MSB 214 Table A Compliance Times.
b. Part II Recurring Inspections: Repetitively inspect as referenced in Part II Recurring Inspections on page 62 of MSB No. 214 as amended by; SP revision notice to MSB No.214, Revision 1; and SP revision notice to MSB No. 214, Revision 2.