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AD/CESSNA 185/30 Amdt 2 - Vented Fuel Caps

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A directive requires owners/operators of Cessna 185/A185 serials 185‑00001 to 185‑01896 to install vented fuel caps per Cessna Service Letter No. SE77‑6, within 100 hours time‑in‑service after 31 August 1979.

A placard is explicitly not an acceptable alternative; the physical retrofit is mandated to provide secondary venting if the primary vent is obstructed or sticks.

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AD/CESSNA 185/30 Amdt 2 - Vented Fuel Caps

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Cessna 185 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 185/30

Amdt 2

Vented Fuel Caps 8/86

Applicability: Models 185 and A185 with S/Nos. 185-00001 to 185-01896. Requirement: Install vented fuel cap(s) in accordance with Cessna SL No. SE77-6.

Note: FAA AD 79-10-14, Amendment 39-3475 refers.

Note: Installation of a placard is not an acceptable alternative to installation of vented fuel caps.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 August 1979.

Background: To guard against the possibility of either an obstructed primary vent or sticking of the fuel tank vent valve it has been found necessary to provide secondary venting in the form of vented fuel caps. Due to some misinterpretation of this Directive a Note has now been added to disallow the fitting of a placard. This Directive has been amended to clarify applicable Serial Numbers.

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