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AD 2021-09-09 Airworthiness Directives; Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC Parachutes
Applicability*9
This AD applies to Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC Vector 3 SE parachute containers approved under Technical Standard Order C23b, part number Vector SE, with a date of manufacture after April 30, 2013, and before February 1, 2021, in any of the following sizes: V3SE-360-1, V3SE-360-2, V3SE-360-3, V3SE-361, V3SE-364, and V3SE-364-1.
Compliance
Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.
Required actions
(1) Before the next parachute jump after the effective date of this AD, modify the bottom tuck tab of the RPC by following the Procedure in Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC, INSTRUCT-064, Revision 1, dated February 10, 2021. Before the next parachute jump after the effective date of this AD, you may do the RPC replacement required by paragraph (g)(2) of this AD in lieu of doing this modification. (2) At the next reserve parachute packing after the effective date of this AD, replace the RPC by following the Procedure in Uninsured United Parachute Technologies, LLC, INSTRUCT-065, Revision 0, dated February 12, 2021.
Unsafe condition
This AD results from reserve pin covers (RPCs) catching on the parachute container flaps and preventing the reserve parachute from deploying. The FAA is issuing this AD to correct the length of RPCs that were designed and manufactured with too long of a flap. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in failure of the reserve parachute to deploy when needed.
Affected ADs
None.
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