Rotax Piston Engines
Rotax Piston Engines
Rotax Piston Engines
| AD/ROTAX/23 | Engine Driven Fuel Pump | 5/2007 TX |
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| Applicability: | BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG, Bombardier-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG and Bombardier-Rotax GmbH Rotax 912 A, 912 F and 912 S engines fitted with fuel pump part no. 892230, 892232, 892540 (standard version) or part no. 892235, 892236, 892545 (version including flexible fuel line). |
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| Requirement: | 1. Replace fuel pumps with Part Number (P/N) 892230, 892232 and 892540 byP/N 892542 or replace fuel pumps with P/N 892235, 892236 and 892545 byP/N 892546.2. Do not install fuel pumps with P/N 892230, 892232, 892540, 892235, 892236 or 892545 onto any aircraft.Note: EASA Emergency AD 2007-0060-E dated 7 March 2007 refers. |
| Compliance: | 1. At the next maintenance event, or within the next 25 hours of engine operation, but not later than 1 July 2007, whichever occurs first after the effective date of this AD.2. From the effective date of this AD. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 16 March 2007. | |
| Background: | It has been established that under certain circumstances (e.g. due to an electrical fuel pump problem) higher fuel pressures than expected can develop in the mechanical pump. This can result in engine malfunction and/or massive fuel leakage. The requirements of this AD are intended to remove certain fuel pumps from service. |
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Charles Lenarcic
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
13 March 2007