Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-12688 · Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 and 701) Series Airplanes
Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 and 701) Series Airplanes
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 2002-08-19. Comply with the one in force.
Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 and 701) series airplanes, serial numbers 10005 through 10039 inclusive, certificated in any category.
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2002-06-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 and 701) series airplanes by individual notices. This AD requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual to provide procedures for addressing uncommanded transfer of fuel from wing fuel tanks to center fuel tank. This action also requires revising the Minimum Equipment List (MEL); limiting operation of the airplane to flight within 60 minutes of a suitable alternative airport; and ensuring that normal mission fuel requirements are increased by 3,000 pounds. This action was prompted by reports of uncommanded fuel transfer between the wing fuel tanks and the center fuel tank. The actions specified by this AD are intended to ensure that the flight crew has the procedures necessary to address such uncommanded fuel transfer, which could cause the center tank to overfill, and fuel to leak from the center tank vent system or to become inaccessible, and result in engine fuel starvation.
The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.
