1AD/RAD/73 - Rockwell Collins CTL-92 Transponder Control Panel

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Radio Communication and Navigation Equipment

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.

Image unavailable in extracted textAD/RAD/73 Rockwell Collins CTL-92 Transponder Control Panel

10/2001

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Applicability: Rockwell Collins CTL-92 Transponder Control Panel Part Numbers 622-6523-204, 622-6523-205, 622-6523-206, 622-6523-207, and 622-6523-208 (serial numbers as

specified in Rockwell Collins Service Bulletin [SB] 33 [CTL-92-34-33], dated 5 April 2001).

Note 1: These CTL-92 transponder control panels are known be installed in, but not limited to, the following aircraft:

Aerospatiale ATR42 and ATR72 series aeroplanes Saab Aircraft Models 340B and SF340A aeroplanes Embraer EMB-120 series aeroplanes

de Havilland DHC-8 series aeroplanes

Raytheon Models C90A, B200, 350, and 1900D aeroplanes.

Requirement: 1. Modify the altitude encoder inputs of the CTL-92 transponder control panels in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions section of Rockwell Collins SB 33 (CTL-92-34-33).

2. CTL-92 Transponder Control Panel, with the part number serial number combination listed in SB 33 (CTL-92-34-33), may not be installed on any aeroplane unless it has been modified in accordance with Requirement 1.

Note 2: FAA AD 2001-15-17 Amdt 39-12352 refers.

Compliance: For Requirement 1 - Within the next 10 hours time-in-service from the effective date of this Directive.

For Requirement 2 - As of the effective date of this Directive.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 20 August 2001.

Background: The United States Federal Aviation Administration has received reports of erroneous Mode C and Mode S random transponder transmissions from aircraft equipped with Gillham encoded altitude sources and certain Rockwell Collins CTL-92 Transponder Control Panels. Rockwell Collins introduced new A6 circuit cards for these transponder control panels in September 2000.