Dornier 228 Series Aeroplanes
Dornier 228 Series Aeroplanes
Dornier 228 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/DO 228/3 | Windshield Wash System | 11/2005 |
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| Applicability: | All Dornier 228 series aeroplanes, equipped with a windshield wash system (option 3109) and spray nozzle assemblies part number (P/N) A-926054A00C installed. |
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| Requirement: | Unless previously accomplished, modify the windshield wash system in accordance with Fairchild Dornier GmbH Service Bulletin SB-228-235 Revision 1 dated18 December 2001, by installing spray nozzles in protective housing and changing the electrical wiring. |
| Note: LBA AD 1999-030/3 refers. | |
| Compliance: | Within six months after the effective date of this Directive. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 27 October 2005. | |
| Background: | The German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) has been advised of instances where smoke in the cockpit has been caused by overheating of the windshield spray nozzle heating elements before flight.This Directive requires the modification of the windshield wash system to prevent smoke and possible fire in the cockpit. |
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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
16 September 2005