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AD/TBM 700/38 - Flap Carriage Roller Pins

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This Airworthiness Directive (AD) mandates safety inspections for Socata TBM 700 aircraft with high usage.

What it requires: Owners and operators of TBM 700 model aircraft that have completed more than 2,500 landings must inspect and potentially replace the flap carriage roller pins (the metal components that allow wing flaps to extend and retract). They must follow the technical instructions in the manufacturer's Service Bulletin SB 70-122.

Who is affected: Anyone operating a TBM 700 aircraft with over 2,500 landings.

When to comply:

First inspection: At the next routine 100-hour maintenance check after 17 March 2005
Ongoing: Repeat this inspection at every subsequent 100-hour maintenance check

Why it matters: Two aircraft experienced fatigue failures (cracking from repeated stress) in these pins while in service. If a pin fails completely, it could compromise the flap system, potentially making landing dangerous.

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aer

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/38	Flap Carriage Roller Pins	3/2005

Applicability:	All Model TBM 700 aircraft that have accumulated more than 2,500 landings.
Requirement:	Action in accordance with EADS Socata TBM 700 Service Bulletin No. SB 70-122, dated November 2004, or later EASA approved revision.Note: DGAC AD F-2005-017 refers.
Compliance:	At the next scheduled 100 hour inspection after 17 March 2005. Repeat thereafter at each 100 hour inspection.
	This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 March 2005.
Background:	Reports were received of two fatigue failures of flap carriage roller pins on in-service aircraft.

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David Punshon
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

4 February 2005

AD/TBM 700/38

Flap Carriage Roller Pins

3/2005

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aer Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/38	Flap Carriage Roller Pins	3/2005

Applicability:	All Model TBM 700 aircraft that have accumulated more than 2,500 landings.
Requirement:	Action in accordance with EADS Socata TBM 700 Service Bulletin No. SB 70-122, dated November 2004, or later EASA approved revision.Note: DGAC AD F-2005-017 refers.
Compliance:	At the next scheduled 100 hour inspection after 17 March 2005. Repeat thereafter at each 100 hour inspection.
	This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 17 March 2005.
Background:	Reports were received of two fatigue failures of flap carriage roller pins on in-service aircraft.

AD/TBM 700/38 - Flap Carriage Roller Pins

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/38

AD/TBM 700/38

Flap Carriage Roller Pins

Flap Carriage Roller Pins

3/2005

3/2005

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Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aer Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/38 AD/TBM 700/38

AD/TBM 700/38

Flap Carriage Roller Pins Flap Carriage Roller Pins

Flap Carriage Roller Pins

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