Division Cessna 400 Series Aeroplanes - AD/CESSNA 400/86 Amdt 2 - Powerplant Fire Detection System - Installation - Cessna 400 Series Aeroplanes | Zoe

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Division Cessna 400 Series Aeroplanes - AD/CESSNA 400/86 Amdt 2 - Powerplant Fire Detection System - Installation - Cessna 400 Series Aeroplanes | Zoe

Cessna 400 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 400/86 Amdt 2	Powerplant Fire DetectionSystem - Installation	24/2013

Applicability:	All models.
Requirement:	1. Install a powerplant fire detection system acceptable to CASA.2. Ensure that maintenance instructions for the system are adequately detailed in the approved maintenance program for the system.Note 1. Fire detection systems which have been shown to comply with Part 23.1203 of the US Federal Aviation Regulations are an acceptable means of compliance with this Airworthiness Directive.Note 2. It is recommended, in the interest of safety, that when complying with this Directive, consideration be given to the installation of both audible fire warning devices and fire extinguishing systems.
Compliance:	Remains unchanged as detailed in Amendment 1 of this AD as: Before 1 April 1983.
	The effective date of this AD is 29 November 2013.
Background:	Amendment 2 of this Directive has been issued only to remove obsolete terms and references to obsolete regulations in the Requirement and in Note 2.Amendment 1 was issued to clarify the intent of Note 2, in the Requirement.This Directive was initially issued to address the identified unsafe condition where hot gas escaping from failed exhaust manifolds had caused serious structural damage to nacelles and wings. This damage may remain undetected in flight with potentially fatal results. In order to reduce this threat, fire detectors are to be installed.

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Mike Higgins
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

15 November 2013