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AD/CESSNA 400/84 - Fuel Filter - Inspection and Modification

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This Airworthiness Directive orders owners/operators of specific late‑1970s/early‑1980s Cessna twins (models 402, 404, 414, 421 within the listed serial ranges) to inspect and modify the fuel filter assembly per Cessna Service Information Letter ME81‑36.

Action is required within 100 flight hours after 31 March 1982 to fix loose bypass valve seats that could let contaminants bypass the filter and cause engine power loss or failure.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/CESSNA 400/84 Fuel Filter - Inspection and Modification 3/82

Applicability: Model 402 with S/Nos. 402C0001 to 402C0505. Model 404 with S/Nos. 404-0203 to 404-0847. Model 414 with S/Nos. 414A0001 to 414A0667. Model 421 with S/Nos. 421C0401 to 421C1087.

Document: Cessna SIL No. ME81-36.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 March 1982.

Background: A number of fuel filter assemblies have been found with loose bypass valve ball seats.

This may result in contaminants bypassing the filter and blocking the fuel metering unit inlet screen.

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