1AD/TBM 700/18 - Oxygen Generators

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/18 Oxygen Generators 11/98 DM

Applicability: TBM 700 series aeroplanes, serial number 1 and up, without Socata modification No 70-099-35 incorporated.

Requirement: Replace the striker pin and install a washer on each oxygen generator in accordance with Socata Mandatory Service Bulletin 70-046-35 dated May 1998.

Note: DGAC Telegraphic AD T98-195 (A) refers.

Compliance: At the next scheduled maintenance inspection, but no later than 11 September 1998.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 12 August 1998.

Background: This directive requires the replacement of the oxygen generator striker pin which decreases the likelihood of the striker pin failing to release the striker and the oxygen generator not operating.