1AD/PA-32/77 - Aircraft Repair

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes

AD/PA-32/77 Aircraft Repair 3/91

Applicability: All aircraft which have been repaired by Capricorn Aircraft Repair of Thangool, QLD., between 2 December 1985 and 29 November 1990.

Requirement: Inspect the aircraft and determine whether previous repairs carried out by Capricorn Aircraft Repair are supported by approved data, and where approved, that the replacement components used in the repair are identical to the components they replaced or are approved as replacement components.

Note 1: Aircraft found not to have been repaired to approved data or to contain non identical or non approved components will be required to have any deficiencies rectified prior to further flight.

Note 2: The Authority is to be advised of any aircraft inspected as a result of this directive.

Compliance: At the next scheduled inspection for Maintenance Release after 21 March 1991.

Background: An inspection of aircraft repaired by Capricorn Aircraft Repair has revealed discrepancies in both structural repair data and replacement components.