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AD/CESSNA 206/17 - Pre-Certification Requirements

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This Airworthiness Directive (a mandatory safety order from the aviation regulator) applies specifically to Cessna U206F aircraft. Before these planes can receive their Certificate of Airworthiness (the official approval allowing them to fly legally), they must undergo three specific safety modifications:

Fire safety signage: Install a placard in the cabin clearly stating when smoking is prohibited.
Refueling safety: Install proper electrical grounding points (called bonding points) at every fuel filling point and on the landing gear assemblies. This prevents dangerous sparks during refueling by ensuring static electricity safely dissipates into the ground.
Fuel hose protection: Replace four specific flexible fuel hoses (located between the fuel pump, fuel filter, control unit, and distributor valve) with fire-resistant versions meeting the FAA TSO C53B safety standard, or cover them with approved fire-resistant sleeves.

These changes must be completed before the aircraft can be certified to fly.

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AD/CESSNA 206/17 - Pre-Certification Requirements

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Cessna 206 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 206/17 Pre-Certification Requirements 1/75

Applicability: Model U206F.

Requirement: Modify the aircraft in accordance with the requirements of ANO 101-22 in respect of the following:

Install a placard in the cabin specifying the periods during which smoking is prohibited.

2. Install and identify \-

(a) fuelling equipment bonding points at each fuel filling point.

(b) external earthing points for the attachment of ground connections on each main undercarriage assembly or on the nose gear.

3. Unless already incorporated replace the flexible hose assemblies listed below with assemblies meeting the fire resistance standards of FAA TSO C53B Type C or D or render them fire resistant to that standard by fitting the approved fire sleeve:

Hose assembly from fuel control unit to distributor valve. Hose assembly from fuel pump to fuel control unit.

Hose assembly from fuel control unit return to fuel pump. Hose assembly from fuel filter to fuel pump.

Compliance: Before issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness.

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