AD/TB10/12 Amdt 1 - Fuel Tanks
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
Image unavailable in extracted text Aerospatiale (Socata) TB9 and TB10 (Tobago) Series Aeroplanes
AD/TB10/12
Amdt 1
Applicability: Model TB9 and TB10.
Fuel Tanks 5/90
Requirement: 1. Unless modified in accordance with Requirement 2, carry out following action:
(a) Position the aircraft in a wings level and a nose-down ground attitude of about 2 degrees.
Note: This is achieved on level ground when the height from the ground to the spinner centre equals the height from the ground to the lower part of the rear mooring fitting.
(b) Leave the aircraft in this attitude for at least 20 minutes, then drain as described in (c) below; drain from each point at least 500 ml of fuel.
(c) Aircraft S/N to 730:
Drain L.H wing fuel tank then R.H wing fuel tank. Aircraft S/N from 731:
(i) Select L.H fuel tank
(ii) Drain L.H wing fuel tank
(iii) Drain fuel filter under fuselage
(iv) Drain R.H wing fuel tank.
(d) Visually inspect fuel filler caps seal (broken, cracked, torn, kinked) and replace it if necessary.
Install caps and check security.
- Modify the fuel tanks in accordance with Socata TB Service Bulletin No. 48/1.
Note: DGAC AD 89-177(A) R1 and Socata TB Service Bulletin No 48 refer.
Compliance: 1. For aircraft which have not been flown for one week or more; prior to the next flight after 22 February 1990 and thereafter prior to the next flight any time a period of one week or more occurs between flights.
For aircraft which are flying at periods of less than one week between flights; within 25 hours time in service, after 22 February 1990, and thereafter at periods not exceeding 50 hours time in service.