Cirrus Design SR20 and SR22 Series Aerop
Cirrus Design SR20 and SR22 Series Aeroplanes
Cirrus Design SR20 and SR22 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/CIRRUS/7 | CAPS Collar Support Modification | 9/2007 |
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| Applicability: | All Model SR20 airplanes, serial numbers (SN) 1005 through 1798, and Model SR22 airplanes, SN 0002 through 2437. |
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| Requirement: | Unless previously incorporated, modify the Cirrus Airplane Parachute System (CAPS) by replacing the pick-up collar support and the two nylon screws with parts of improved design, in accordance with Cirrus Design Corporation (CDC) Alert Service Bulletin No. SB A2X-95-10 R1 or later FAA approved amendment.The modification shall be carried out by a person appropriately trained in CDC parachute systems and certified for by an appropriately endorsed LAME.Note: FAA AD 2007-14-03 Amendment 39-15125 refers. |
| Compliance: | Within the next 25 hours time-in-service (TIS) after August 16, 2007 or within 60 days after August 16, 2007 whichever occurs first. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 30 August 2007. | |
| Background: | The FAA received a report where the Cirrus Airplane Parachute System (CAPS) was properly activated during an in-flight emergency, but the parachute failed to successfully deploy. This unsafe condition, if not corrected, could result in the parachute systems of identical configuration failing to successfully deploy (CAPS failure). |
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David Punshon
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
19 July 2007