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AD/PA-23/76 Amdt 1 - Fuel System Control Cables - Inspection

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This Directive requires owners/operators and their maintenance providers to inspect fuel valve control cable wires (swivel fittings, idler arms, actuating levers) on specified Piper PA‑23 series aeroplanes with auxiliary fuel systems, using 10X magnification and the inspection locations in Piper Service Bulletin No. 507. Inspections must begin within 100 hours TIS after 31 Jan 1981 and repeat every 100 hours. The instrument was amended to add serial numbers per FAA AD 80‑18‑10, expanding affected aircraft and creating recurring cost and downtime.

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AD/PA-23/76 Amdt 1 - Fuel System Control Cables - Inspection

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Piper PA-23 (Apache and Aztec) Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-23/76

Amdt 1

Fuel System Control Cables - Inspection 1/81

Applicability: Models PA-23 and PA-23-160 with S/Nos. 23-1 to 23-2046 with auxiliary fuel systems only. Models PA-23, PA-23-160, PA-23-235, PA-23-250 and PA-E23-250

with S/Nos. 27-1 to 27-7954089.

Requirement: Using a 10X power magnification, inspect all fuel valve control cable wires at each swivel fitting, idler control arm and actuating lever for cracks, sharp radius bends or kinks, referring to Piper SB No. 507 for inspection locations.

Note: FAA AD 80-18-10, Amdt. 39-3903 also refers to this subject.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 January 1981 and there- after at intervals not exceeding 100 hours time in service.

Background: This Directive has been amended to include the additional serial numbered aircraft listed in FAA AD 80-18-10.

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