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AD/PA-31/62 - Flap Operation Placard - Installation

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A safety directive for Piper PA-31T aircraft requires a cockpit placard and a flight‑manual warning about a flap‑selector quirk: if the selector is accidentally moved past “APPROACH,” it won’t return to APPROACH unless reprogrammed. Owners and operators must comply before a Certificate of Airworthiness is issued. The measure aims to reduce landing accidents from unexpected flap positions.

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AD/PA-31/62 - Flap Operation Placard - Installation

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Piper PA-31 Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-31/62 Flap Operation Placard - Installation 2/78

Applicability: All PA-31T aeroplanes.

Requirement: 1. Install an approved placard in the cockpit of the aeroplane adjacent to the flap selector conveying the following intent:

CAUTION

WHEN SELECTING AN “APPROACH” FLAP POSITION AND THE SELECTOR IS INADVERTENTLY MOVED BEYOND THE “APPROACH” DETENT, THE SELECTOR MUST BE RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AND THEN BACK TO “APPROACH” IN ORDER TO REPROGRAM THE SELECTOR. RETURNING THE SELECTOR TO THE “APPROACH” DETENT WITHOUT REPROGRAMMING WILL RETURN THE FLAPS TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION.

Insert this Caution in the FAA approved Pilots Operating Handbook Piper Report 2048 being part of the Australian approved Flight Manual. This insertion may be removed after incorporation of Piper PA31T Revision 4 dated December 9, 1977 into Report 2048.

Compliance: Before issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness.

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