Piper PA-23 (Apache and Aztec) Series Ae
Piper PA-23 (Apache and Aztec) Series Aeroplanes
Piper PA-23 (Apache and Aztec) Series Aeroplanes
| AD/PA-23/45 Amdt 1 | Engine Control SupportBracket Assembly - Inspection | 2/2009 |
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| Applicability: | Models PA-23 and PA-23-160 with S/Nos. 23-1 and up; and model PA-23-250 with S/Nos. 27-1 to 27-140. |
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| Requirement: | Visually inspect engine control cable support bracket Piper part number 17892-00 for cracks, distortion and security of attachment in accordance with Piper SB No. 335A.Note: USA AD 71-12-01 refers. |
| Compliance: | At each scheduled inspection for issue of a maintenance release until an improved bracket Piper part number 16975-00 or equivalent is installed. |
| Compliance with the original issue of this AD constitutes compliance with this amendment. | |
| This Amendment becomes effective on 12 February 2009. | |
| Background: | The original issue of this AD in 1971 specified Piper SB No. 335 and made no provision for termination of the periodic inspections. For PA-23 and PA-23-160 it specified serial numbers up to 23-1870 only.Amendment 1 refers to USA AD 71-12-01, specifies Piper SB No. 335A, specifies all serial numbers for PA-23 and PA-23-160, and makes provision for termination of inspections after installation of an improved bracket. Reference to aircraft with less than 2000 hours total time in service has been omitted. Compliance period has been changed from 100 hours to each maintenance release inspection. |
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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
23 December 2008