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AD/X-TS/6 - Main Undercarriage Attach Bracket

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This Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of all Eagle Model X‑TS, X‑TS 150 and 150B aircraft to inspect the main undercarriage attach bracket per Eagle Aircraft Service Bulletin 1123 (or a later revision approved by Malaysia DCA) and to replace the bracket before further flight if adjoining plates are not welded. CASA issued the AD to correct cracking caused by a missing weld (Background). Operators pay for inspections and replacements; the CASA delegate enforces the AD and Malaysia DCA approves service bulletin revisions.

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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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Eagle X-TS Series Aeroplanes

AD/X-TS/6 Main Undercarriage Attach Brac

AD/X-TS/6 Main Undercarriage Attach Bracket 10/2004

Applicability: All Model X-TS, X-TS 150, and 150B aircraft.

Requirement: Inspect in accordance with Eagle Aircraft Service Bulletin 1123 original issue, or later revision approved by Malaysia DCA.

If adjoining plates on the undercarriage attach bracket are not welded, before further flight, replace the attach bracket.

Note: Malaysia DCA CAM AD 001-08-2004 refers.

Compliance: Before further flight after 18 August 2004.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 18 August 2004.

Background: A report was received of cracking on a main undercarriage attach bracket; discovered during a routine 100 hourly inspection. Investigation revealed the cracking was initiated by a high stress concentration, which resulted from a missing weld on adjoining plates on the undercarriage attach bracket.

Signature of David Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 17 August 2004

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 August 2004.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Eagle X-TS Series Aeroplanes

AD/X-TS/6 Main Undercarriage Attach Brac AD/X-TS/6 Main Undercarriage Attach Bracket 10/2004

AD/X-TS/6 Main Undercarriage Attach Bracket 10/2004

Applicability: All Model X-TS, X-TS 150, and 150B aircraft.

Requirement: Inspect in accordance with Eagle Aircraft Service Bulletin 1123 original issue, or later revision approved by Malaysia DCA.

If adjoining plates on the undercarriage attach bracket are not welded, before further flight, replace the attach bracket.

Note: Malaysia DCA CAM AD 001-08-2004 refers.

Compliance: Before further flight after 18 August 2004.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 18 August 2004.

David Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 17 August 2004

The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 August 2004.