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AD 97-09-09 Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company (Formerly Beech Aircraft Corporation) Models 58P and 58PA Airplanes

1997-06-30
1997-05-07
39-10005
95-CE-89-AD
Airframe
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Makes named: beech, raytheon. Models named: 58P, 58PA. Read the applicability below — it usually turns on serial or part numbers too.

Applicability*9

Models 58P and 58PA airplanes, having the following serial numbers, and certificated in any category: Serial Numbers Listed in Beech Service Bulletin (SB) No. 2630 TJ-2 through TJ-177 TJ-179 TJ-181 through TJ-212 TJ-214 through TJ-270 TJ-272 through TJ-283 TJ-285 through TJ-288 TJ-290 through TJ-313 TJ-315 through TJ-321 TJ-323, TJ-324 TJ-326 through TJ-368, and TJ-370 through TJ-497 Serial Numbers Listed in Raytheon SB No. 2691 TJ-2 through TJ-121 TJ-123 through TJ 394 TJ-396 through TJ-497 Note 1: This AD applies to each airplane identified in the preceding applicability provision, regardless of whether it has been modified, altered, or repaired in the area subject to the requirements of this AD. For airplanes that have been modified, altered, or repaired so that the performance of the requirements of this AD is affected, the owner/operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance in accordance with paragraph (d) of this AD. The request should include an assessment of the effect of the modification, alteration, or repair on the unsafe condition addressed by this AD; and, if the unsafe condition has not been eliminated, the request should include specific proposed actions to address it.

Compliance

Required within the next 100 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished: To prevent structural cracking to the cabin caused by missing rivets, which, if not detected and corrected, could cause decompression injuries to passengers, structural failure of the fuselage, and loss of the airplane, accomplish the following: (a) Inspect the cabin window upper longeron (next to the upper aft splice) between the second and third right-hand (RH) cabin side windows for cracks and missing rivets in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section of Beechcraft Mandatory (Beech) Service Bulletin (SB) No. 2630, Issued: November 1995. (1) If cracks are found in the upper longeron, prior to further flight, repair the cracks in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section of Beech SB No. 2630, Issued: November 1995. (2) If rivets are found missing, prior to further flight, install the rivets in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section of Beech SB No. 2630, Issued: November 1995. (b) Inspect the RH lower longeron between the two doublers adjacent to the lower aft side of the RH second cabin window for cracks in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section, PART I of Raytheon Mandatory SB No. 2691, Rev. 1, Issued: June, 1996, Revised: October 1996. (1) If cracks are found in the RH lower longeron, prior to further flight, repair and reinforce the cracks in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section, PART II in Raytheon Mandatory SB No. 2691, Rev. 1, Issued: June, 1996, Revised: October 1996. (2) If no cracks are found in the RH lower longeron, prior to further flight, reinforce the longeron in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section, PART III in Raytheon Mandatory SB No. 2691, Rev. 1, Issued: June, 1996, Revised: October 1996. (c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. (d) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an equivalent level of safety may be approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209. The request shall be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office. Note 2: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from Wichita Aircraft Certification Office. (e) The inspections, installations, repairs, and reinforcements required by this AD shall be done in accordance with Beechcraft Service Bulletin No. 2630, Issued: November, 1995, and Raytheon Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 2691, Rev. 1, Issued: June, 1996; Revised: October, 1996. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be obtained from Raytheon Aircraft Company, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC. (f) This amendment (39-10005) becomes effective on June 30, 1997. Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 30, 1997. Michael Gallagher, Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 97-11895 Filed 5-6-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-U

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