AD 98-08-26

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Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes.

AD Number
98-08-26
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
97-CE-46-AD
FR Citation
Federal Register: April 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 75)

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Pilatus Aircraft Limited PC-12 Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes.
aircraft Pilatus Aircraft Limited PC-12/45 Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes.

Unsafe Condition

Poor electrical bonding of fuel tank underwing access panels can create a fuel-air mixture through electrical arcing in the fuel tanks, which could result in a fire on the airplane.

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Required Actions

Install aluminum bonding bushings onto the screws for certain fuel tank underwing access panels in accordance with Pilatus Service Bulletin No. 57-001, dated February 28, 1997.

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Compliance Time

within the next 100 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this AD

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Affected Aircraft

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes, serial numbers MSN 001 through MSN 168

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