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AD/PC-12/36 - Passenger Seat Identification and Pedestal Leg Installation

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This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of Pilatus PC-12 and PC-12/45 aircraft (serial numbers 101–436) fitted with certain passenger seats to carry out the corrective actions set out in Pilatus Mandatory Service Bulletin 25-025. It fixes incorrectly labelled seat identification tags and incorrectly assembled forward pedestal legs that may not perform under emergency landing conditions. Operators/owners must arrange inspections and corrective work by 31 December 2002; the CASA delegate issued the mandatory AD under subregulation 39.1(1).

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AD/PC-12/36 - Passenger Seat Identification and Pedestal Leg Installation

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Pilatus PC-12 Series Aeroplanes

AD/PC-12/36 Passenger Seat Identification and Pedestal Leg

Installation

2/2003

Applicability: All PC-12 and PC-12/45 aircraft, manufacturing serial numbers 101 through 436, with passenger seat vendor part numbers listed in Effectivity Part 1.A. of Pilatus Aircraft Service Bulletin 25-025, dated 27 September 2002.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Pilatus Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin 25-025.

Note: Switzerland FOCA AD HB 2002-658 refers.

Compliance: Before 31 December 2002, unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 11 December 2002.

Background: The forward and aft facing seats identification tags incorrectly identify the Pilatus part number although the ERDA Vendor Part Number is correct. Additionally, the forward pedestal legs have not been assembled correctly, and legs installed in reverse order do not meet conformity requirements and may not perform as intended under emergency landing conditions.

Signature of David Villiers, Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 December 2002

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 2002.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Pilatus PC-12 Series Aeroplanes

AD/PC-12/36 Passenger Seat Identification and Pedestal Leg

Installation

2/2003

Requirement: Action in accordance with Pilatus Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin 25-025.

Note: Switzerland FOCA AD HB 2002-658 refers.

Compliance: Before 31 December 2002, unless already accomplished.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 11 December 2002.

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 December 2002

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 2002.

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