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AD/PA-28/53 - Pre-Certification Requirements - Modification

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This is a safety rule for Piper PA-28 series aircraft (light single-engine planes like the Cherokee). It requires two specific safety modifications before the plane can be certified as airworthy:

No-smoking sign: Install a placard in the cabin warning passengers that smoking is banned during take-off, landing, and whenever the pilot says so.
Static electricity safety: Install metal bonding points at fuel caps and grounding points on the landing gear. These allow ground crews to connect wires during refueling to prevent dangerous static electricity sparks that could ignite fuel vapours.

Compliance is mandatory before the aircraft receives its Certificate of Airworthiness (the official approval that allows it to fly legally).

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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-28 Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-28/53 Pre-Certification Requirements - Modification 2/75

Applicability: All models.

Requirement: Modify the aircraft in accordance with the requirements of ANO 101.22 in respect of the following:

Install a placard in the cabin stating:

“SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED DURING LANDING OR TAKE-OFF AND WHEN OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE PILOT”.

2. Install and identify:

(a) fuelling equipment bonding points at each fuel filling point;

(b) external earthing points for the attachment of ground connections on each main undercarriage assembly or on the nose gear.

Compliance: Before issue of Certificate of Airworthiness.

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