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AD/BEECH 300/17 - External Door Operating Instructions

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This Airworthiness Directive requires fitting improved exterior door operating instruction placards (a supplied kit) on specified Beechcraft 300, B300 and B300C aircraft by following Raytheon Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 52-3096 Revision 1. Compliance is within 200 flight hours or 12 months of 17 April 2003. The AD states the change — prompted by an NTSB recommendation after an accident — is intended to make exterior instructions more visible and help ensure airstair doors and emergency exits can be opened in an emergency.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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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 CAR 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.

Beechcraft 300 Series Aeroplanes

AD/BEECH 300/17 External Door Operating

AD/BEECH 300/17 External Door Operating Instructions 4/2003

Applicability: Model 300 aircraft, serial numbers FA-1 through FA-230, and FF-1 through FF-19.

Model B300 aircraft, serial numbers FL-1 through FL-252.

Model B300C aircraft, serial numbers FM-1 through FM-9, and FN-1.

Requirement: Modify the exterior door operating procedures by incorporating the applicable kit in accordance with the applicable kit instructions as specified in the Accomplishment Instructions section in Raytheon Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 52-3096 Revision 1, Revised: June 2002.

Note: FAA AD 2003-02-03 Amdt 39-13019 refers.

Compliance: Within 200 hours time in service or 12 calendar months after 17 April 2003, whichever occurs first; unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 April 2003.

Background: Following an accident investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation to the FAA for improved exterior operating instruction placards on the exterior of the Model 1900 airstair door, following an accident investigation.

Raytheon Aircraft has developed door operating instruction placards of improved visibility and legibility for the Model 1900 and other affected turbo propeller aircraft. The actions specified by this Directive are intended to assure that the airstair door or emergency exits can be opened during an emergency situation.

Signature: David Alan Villiers

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 28 February 2003

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 March 2003.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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 CAR 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.

Beechcraft 300 Series Aeroplanes

AD/BEECH 300/17 External Door Operating AD/BEECH 300/17 External Door Operating Instructions 4/2003

AD/BEECH 300/17 External Door Operating Instructions 4/2003

Applicability: Model 300 aircraft, serial numbers FA-1 through FA-230, and FF-1 through FF-19.

Model B300 aircraft, serial numbers FL-1 through FL-252.

Model B300C aircraft, serial numbers FM-1 through FM-9, and FN-1.

Note: FAA AD 2003-02-03 Amdt 39-13019 refers.

Compliance: Within 200 hours time in service or 12 calendar months after 17 April 2003, whichever occurs first; unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 April 2003.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 28 February 2003

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 March 2003.