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AD/PA-23/5 - Main Landing Gear Attachment Points - Modification

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This is a safety order (called an Airworthiness Directive) issued by Australia's aviation safety regulator. It requires owners or operators of specific Piper PA-23 Apache and Aztec aeroplanes—those with serial numbers 23-1 through 23-109—to modify the main landing gear attachment points immediately.

The work must be carried out in accordance with Piper Service Bulletin No. 134. This directive addresses a structural safety concern with how the main landing gear attaches to the airframe on these early-production aircraft.

Who does this affect?

Owners and operators of Piper PA-23 aircraft with serial numbers 23-1 to 23-109
Licensed aircraft maintenance engineers servicing these planes

What must be done? The modification set out in Piper Service Bulletin No. 134 must be completed immediately ('forthwith') to ensure the landing gear attachment points meet current safety standards.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/PA-23/5 Main Landing Gear Attachment NK

Points - Modification

Applicability: Model PA-23 with S/Nos. 23-1 to 23-109. Document: Piper SB No. 134.

Compliance: Forthwith.

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