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AD/ML-M5/6 - Auxiliary Fuel Tank Venting - Inspection, Testing and Modification

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This directive requires inspection, testing and any needed modification of auxiliary fuel‑tank venting hardware on specified Maule M‑5 series aeroplanes and on aircraft retrofitted with auxiliary tank vent‑line check valves, carried out to Maule Service Bulletin No. 6 and completed within 100 hours TIS after 30 June 1984. It aims to correct potentially misassembled check valves and restore vented fuel caps. Owners/operators pay for work and downtime; maintenance providers supply parts and service.

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AD/ML-M5/6 - Auxiliary Fuel Tank Venting - Inspection, Testing and Modification

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Maule M-5 Series Aeroplanes

AD/ML-M5/6 Auxiliary Fuel Tank Venting - Inspection,

Testing and Modification

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Applicability: Maule models (equipped with auxiliary fuel tank vent line check valves only):

M-5-180 S/N 8004C to 8014C S/N 8016C to 8019C;

M-5-20 S/N 8022C;

M-5-21-TC S/N 9001C to 9010C

M-5-235C S/N 7290C to 7355C S/N 7357C to 7376C S/N 7451C;

and all aircraft retrofitted with auxiliary fuel tank vent line check valves.

Document: Maule aircraft S.B. No. 6.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 30 June 1984.

Background: Check valves fitted in the vent lines of aircraft fitted with auxiliary tanks may be incorrectly assembled causing the valves to be ineffective. Modifications to “STANT” fuel caps are also included to revert them to the vented type.

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