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AD/PA-31/87 - Electroluminescent Panel Inverters

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This directive makes compliance with Piper Service Bulletin No. 640 mandatory for specific Piper PA‑31T1 Cheyenne I and Cheyenne/Cheyenne II aircraft (the listed serial‑number ranges), requiring the corrective work within 100 flight hours after 31 Dec 1979. It affects owners/operators of those aircraft, who must arrange and pay for the service. The AD was issued after overseas incidents of electroluminescent inverter shorts causing cockpit smoke and mirrors a related FAA airworthiness directive.

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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-31/87 Electroluminescent Panel Inverters 12/79

Applicability: Models PA-31T1 Cheyenne I S/Nos. 31T-7804001 to 31-7904016, and PA-31T1 Cheyenne/Cheyenne II S/Nos. 31T-7400002 to 31T-7920036.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Piper SB No. 640.

Note: (FAA AD 79-19-09 Amdt. 39-3560 refers).

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 December 1979.

Background: There have been a number of cases overseas where shorting has occurred in the electroluminescent panel inverters resulting in smoke in the cockpit.

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