Commonwealth legislation

AD/PA-18/10 - Wing Fuel Tank Cap - Modification

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

3/10 complexity

Safety fix for fuel tank caps: Owners and operators of specific Piper Super Cub aircraft must modify their wing fuel tank caps to prevent fuel system hazards.

Who must comply:

Group 1: PA-18 models (serial numbers 18-1 to 18-7609068) — only if the wing fuel tank cap was replaced with part number 15296-02 or modified part number 60707-02 since 1 June 1976
Group 2: PA-18-150 models with the specific serial numbers listed in the directive

What you must do: Modify the wing fuel tank cap according to Piper Service Bulletin No. 573 within 100 hours of flight time after 31 May 1978.

Why this matters: Defective fuel tank caps can cause fuel leaks, ventilation problems, or fire hazards. This ensures the caps meet current safety standards.

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in AD/PA-18/10 - Wing Fuel Tank Cap - Modification.

AD/PA-18/10 - Wing Fuel Tank Cap - Modification

meta-content-style-type: text/css meta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8 meta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

View image in the official source Piper PA-18 and 19 (Super Cub) Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-18/10 Wing Fuel Tank Cap - Modification 5/78

Applicability: Group 1 - Model PA-18 with S/Nos. 18-1 to 18-7609068. Applies only if a wing fuel tank cap has been replaced with either tank cap P/N 15296-02 since 1 June 1976 or, tank cap P/N 60707-02 modified as per Piper SB No. 522.

Group 2 - Model PA-18-150 with S/Nos. 18-7609069 to18- 7809001, 18-7809003 to

18-7809013, 18-7809105 to 18- 7809030, 18-7809034, 18-7809035, 18-7809041, 18-

7809043, 18-7809046, 18-7809048 to 18-7809051, 18- 7809053, 18-7809054, 18-

7809056, 18-7809058 and 18- 1809059.

Document: Piper SB No. 573.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 May 1978.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.