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AD/SWSA226/46 - Nose Wheel Steering System - Modification

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This airworthiness directive requires owners/operators of specified Fairchild (Swearingen) SA226 and SA227 aeroplanes to modify their nose-wheel steering systems per the listed Swearingen Service Bulletins to address reported uncontrollable steering malfunctions. Affected aircraft are identified by model and serial number, and include those modified under SB 32-016 or with hydraulic nose-wheel steering. Compliance is mandatory within 100 hours time-in-service after 30 November 1983; owners/operators bear modification costs and scheduling downtime.

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AD/SWSA226/46 - Nose Wheel Steering System - Modification

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Fairchild (Swearingen) SA226 and SA227 Series Aeroplanes

AD/SWSA226/46 Nose Wheel Steering System - Modification 10/83

Applicability: Model SA226-T with S/No. T-249, and S/Nos. T-277 to T-291. Model SA226-TB with S/No. T-276 and S/Nos. T-292 to T-417. Model SA226-AT with S/Nos. AT-025 to AT-069, and AT-071 to AT-074. Model SA226-TC with S/Nos. TC-212 to TC-

Also, any SA226 model, regardless of serial number, modified in accordance with Swearingen SB 32-016.

Model SA227-AC S/Nos. AC-398 to AC-599 and all models with hydraulic nose wheel steering. Model SA227-AT with S/No. AT-070, and S/Nos. AT-423 to AT-

Model SA227-TT with S/Nos. TT-421 to TT-597.

Document: 1. For affected SA226 aircraft Swearingen SB 32-037, or if optional tiller wheel steering is installed SB 32-039.

For affected SA227 aircraft Swearingen SB 32-006.

Note: FAA AD 83-15-09 refers.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 30 November 1983.

Background: Reports of uncontrollable nose wheel steering malfunctions resulting in substantial damage to aircraft have been indicated by the airworthiness authority of the country of manufacture.

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