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AD/TSA-600/49 - Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pumps

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This CASA Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) PA-60-600/601/601P/602P/700P aeroplanes fitted with Machen Inc. STC SA1608NM auxiliary fuel tanks to inspect auxiliary fuel transfer pumps for leaks and to replace any pumps that are leaking, seeping, or show staining, following Machen Inc. Service Bulletin SB 76-009. Inspections must occur within 10 hours time-in-service and then every 50 hours; replacements found necessary must be done before further flight to address reported fuel-leak hazards (Background; Applicability; Requirement; Compliance).

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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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Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TSA-600/49 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pu

AD/TSA-600/49 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pumps 1/2004

Applicability: PA-60-600, PA-60-601, PA-60-601P, PA-60-602P and PA-60-700P aeroplanes incorporating supplemental type certificate (STC) SA1608NM (Machen Inc. Kit No. 76-1, auxiliary fuel tank).

Requirement: 1. Inspect all auxiliary fuel tank transfer pumps for leaking, seeping, and any signs of staining in accordance with Machen Inc. Service Bulletin (SB) 76-009, dated 1 August 2003.

Replace any auxiliary fuel transfer pump that is leaking, seeping, or has any signs of staining in accordance with Machen Inc. SB 76-009, dated 1 August 2003.

Note: FAA AD 2003-22-01 Amdt 39-13348 refers.

Compliance: 1. Within the next 10 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this Directive. Thereafter at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS.

Prior to further flight after any inspection as detailed in Requirement 1 of this Directive in which leaking, seeping, or any signs of staining is found.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 26 November 2003.

Background: This Directive is the result of reports of fuel leaking from the fuel transfer pumps installed below the auxiliary fuel tank. This Directive requires an inspection to detect leaks, and rectification to correct any leaks found in the auxiliary fuel transfer pumps, which could result in fire or explosion in the cargo/passenger compartment. Such a condition could result in loss of the airplane.

Signature of David Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 20 November 2003

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TSA-600/49 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pu AD/TSA-600/49 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pumps 1/2004

AD/TSA-600/49 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer Pumps 1/2004

Applicability: PA-60-600, PA-60-601, PA-60-601P, PA-60-602P and PA-60-700P aeroplanes incorporating supplemental type certificate (STC) SA1608NM (Machen Inc. Kit No. 76-1, auxiliary fuel tank).

Requirement: 1. Inspect all auxiliary fuel tank transfer pumps for leaking, seeping, and any signs of staining in accordance with Machen Inc. Service Bulletin (SB) 76-009, dated 1 August 2003.

Replace any auxiliary fuel transfer pump that is leaking, seeping, or has any signs of staining in accordance with Machen Inc. SB 76-009, dated 1 August 2003.

Note: FAA AD 2003-22-01 Amdt 39-13348 refers.

Compliance: 1. Within the next 10 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this Directive. Thereafter at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS.

Prior to further flight after any inspection as detailed in Requirement 1 of this Directive in which leaking, seeping, or any signs of staining is found.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 26 November 2003.

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 20 November 2003