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AD/TB20/39 - Nose Gear Fork

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This AD requires certain Aerospatiale (Socata) TB20 and TB21 aircraft (listed by serial number) to have their nose-gear fork inspected or corrected in accordance with Socata Service Bulletin SB 10-119-32 (June 2001). Compliance must occur at the next scheduled maintenance after 4 October 2001 or before 31 March 2002 (Applicability; Requirement; Compliance).

Owners/operators must arrange and pay for the work within that window; CASA issued the directive under CASR subregulation 39.1(1) after identifying a manufacturing fault in the nose-gear fork (Background; heading).

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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 CASR 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.

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TB20 (Trinidad) Series Aeroplanes

AD/TB20/39 Nose Gear Fork 10/2001

Applicability: TB20 and TB21 aircraft with serial numbers 1893, 1894, 1896 through 1899, 1901,

1902, 1904 through 2021, 2023 through 2033, 2035, 2036, and 2038.

Requirement: Action in accordance with Socata Service Bulletin SB 10-119-32, dated June 2001.

Note: DGAC AD 2001-304(A) refers.

Compliance: At the next scheduled maintenance visit after 4 October 2001 or before 31 March 2002, whichever occurs first.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 4 October 2001.

Background: A fault in the nose gear fork manufacturing process has been identified.

Signature of David Alan Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 24 August 2001

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Aerospatiale (Socata) TB20 (Trinidad) Series Aeroplanes