Reims Aviation F406 Series Aeroplanes
Reims Aviation F406 Series Aeroplanes
Reims Aviation F406 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/F406/17 | Landing Gear Emergency Blowdown Bottle | 9/2007 |
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| Applicability: | Model F 406 aircraft, all serial numbers, equipped with landing gear emergency blowdown bottle part number 9910154-4. |
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| Requirement: | Remove the affected landing gear emergency blowdown bottle and install a new bottle part number 4063700-1 in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Reims Aviation Industries Service Bulletin No. F406-66 original issue, or later EASA approved revision.Note: EASA AD 2007-0190 refers. |
| Compliance: | No later than the next 5 year inspection or at the next removal of the emergency blowdown bottle, whichever occurs first after 30 August 2007. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 30 August 2007. | |
| Background: | Reports were received of leakage from landing gear emergency blowdown bottles. Investigation revealed leakage due to a design deficiency in the bottle head. Loss of bottle pressure could result in the inability to extend landing gears in the event of an emergency situation. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
20 July 2007