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AD/SWSA226/15 - Main Landing Gear Door Hinge Angles - Inspection and Replacement

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This airworthiness directive mandates safety actions for specific Fairchild Swearingen SA226 aircraft models (TC, T, and AT variants with particular serial numbers).

What you must do:

Inspect: Check the main landing gear door hinge angles during every daily or overnight aircraft inspection until the parts are replaced
Replace: Install new hinge angles within 300 hours of flight time after whichever date comes first: 31 December 1973 or 1 April 1974

This applies only to aircraft with specific serial numbers and references technical details in Swearingen Service Bulletin 52-80-3041.

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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 Fairchild (Swearingen) SA226 and SA227 Series Aeroplanes

AD/SWSA226/15 Main Landing Gear Door Hinge

Angles - Inspection and Replacement

Applicability: All model SA226TC with S/Nos. TC-201 to TC-207.

All model SA226T with S/Nos. T201 to T248.

All model SA226AT with S/Nos. AT-001 to AT-022.

Document: Swearingen SB 52-80-3041.

12/73

Compliance: 1. Inspect Main Landing Gear door hinge angles at each daily or overnight inspection until replaced.

Replace within 300 hours time in service after 31 December 1973, or 1 April 1974 whichever occurs first.

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