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AD/BEECH 55/60 Amdt 1 - Fuselage Fatigue Life Limitation

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of pressurised Beechcraft Baron 58P and 58PA aeroplanes to retire the aircraft's pressure cabin from service before it has completed 12,830 pressurised flights (Compliance). CASA’s delegate issues and enforces the directive; operators bear the cost of retiring or replacing the cabin and must maintain and verify pressurised‑flight counts. Amendment 1 clarifies that the applicability covers all pressurised Baron aircraft (Background).

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AD/BEECH 55/60 Amdt 1 - Fuselage Fatigue Life Limitation

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Beechcraft 55, 58 and 95-55 (Baron) Series Aeroplanes

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/BEECH 55/60 and issues the following 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.

AD/BEECH 55/60

Amdt 1

Fuselage Fatigue Life Limitation 12/2000

Applicability: All models 58P and 58PA series. Requirement: Retire the pressure cabin from service. Compliance: Before exceeding 12,830 pressurised flights.

This Amendment becomes effective on 30 November 2000.

Background: Analysis and fatigue tests by the manufacturer have established the above pressure cabin life. Amendment 1 clarifies the intent that the applicability includes all pressurised Baron aircraft.

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective in February 1981.

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David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 17 October 2000

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 November 2000.

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1 AD/BEECH 55/60 Amdt 1 - Fuselage Fatigue Life Limitation

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Beechcraft 55, 58 and 95-55 (Baron) Series Aeroplanes

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below revokes Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/BEECH 55/60 and issues the following 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.

AD/BEECH 55/60

Amdt 1

Fuselage Fatigue Life Limitation 12/2000

Applicability: All models 58P and 58PA series. Requirement: Retire the pressure cabin from service. Compliance: Before exceeding 12,830 pressurised flights.

This Amendment becomes effective on 30 November 2000.

The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective in February 1981.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 17 October 2000

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 November 2000.