Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-11503 · Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH Model LS6-c Sailplanes
Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH Model LS6-c Sailplanes
Model LS6-c sailplanes, serial numbers 6149 through 6382, certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH (Rolladen Schneider) Model LS6-c sailplanes. This AD requires that you accomplish the following: --install a deflector on the cockpit instrument panel for sailplanes equipped with an instrument panel that is 40 centimeters (15.75 inches) wide; --inspect the canopy emergency jettison system on all sailplanes; and --adjust the system, as necessary, for all sailplanes, including installing a deflector for sailplanes equipped with an instrument panel that is not 40 centimeters (15.75 inches) wide if proper clearance is not met. This AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for Germany. The actions specified by this AD are intended to assure that the instrument panel does not jam against the canopy frame of the emergency jettison system. This could restrict the pilot's ability to safely exit the sailplane.
To address this problem, you must accomplish all actions of either paragraph (d)(1) or (d)(2) of this AD, as applicable:
(1) For Any Sailplane Equipped With an Instrument Panel That is 40 Centimeters (15.75 Inches) Wide.
Install a deflector on the cockpit instrument panel; and inspect the canopy emergency jettison system and adjust the system as necessary.
(ii) What procedures must I use? The procedures contained in Rolladen Schneider Technical Bulletin No. 6036, dated June 8, 1999.
(iii) When must I comply with these actions?
(A) Installation and Inspection: Within the next 30 calendar days after the effective date of this AD; and
(B) Adjustment, as necessary: Prior to further flight after the required inspection.
(2) For Any Sailplane Equipped With an Instrument Panel That Is Not 40 Centimeters (15.75 Inches) Wide; i.e., 27 Centimeters (10.6 Inches) Wide.
Inspect the canopy emergency jettison system, adjust the system as necessary, and install a deflector if proper clearance is not met.
(ii) What procedures must I use? The procedures contained in Rolladen Schneider Technical Bulletin No. 6036, dated June 8, 1999.
(iii) When must I comply with these actions?
(A) Inspection: Within the next 30 calendar days after the effective date of this AD; and
(B) Adjustment and Installation, as necessary: Prior to further flight after the required inspection.
