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AD/PA-32/72 - Nose Landing Gear Downlock - Modification

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What this does: This Airworthiness Directive obliges owners/operators of specified Piper PA-32R series aeroplanes (listed by serial-number ranges) to install a nose-landing-gear downlock modification using Piper Service Letter No. 927 and Kit P/N 764135V to address reported downlock failures. Compliance is required within 100 hours time in service after 31 January 1982.

Who pays and who decides: Aircraft owners/operators must arrange and pay for the modification; CASA enforces compliance. The directive cites an FAA AD but prescribes the specific kit and service instruction.

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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-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-32/72 Nose Landing Gear Downlock - Modification 1/82

Applicability: PA-32R-300 Lance S/Nos. 32R-768001 to 32R-7880068. PA-32RT-300 Lance II S/N 32R-7885001 to 32R-7985105. PA-32RT-300T Turbo Lance II S/N 32R-7787001,

32R-7887002 to 32R-7987126. PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP S/Nos. 32R-8013001 to

32R-8113112. PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP S/Nos. 32R-8029001 to 32R-

Document: Piper Service Letter No. 927 and Piper Kit P/N 764135V.

Note: FAA AD 81-24-07 Amdt. 39-4255 refers.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 31 January 1982.

Background: There have been reports of failures of the nose landing gear down locks on certain Piper PA-32R models.

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