AD 2005-17-12

(f) For purposes of this AD, any reference to “the service bulletin” means the Accomplishment Instructions of Bombardier Service Bulletin 601R-30-029, Revision A, dated July 7, 2005.

(g) Before the airplane accumulates 3,000 total flight hours, or within 14 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later: Determine whether any affected piccolo tube is installed on the airplane. Affected piccolo tubes are identified in paragraph 1.A. of the service bulletin.

(h) For airplanes with an affected or unidentifiable piccolo tube: Before the airplane accumulates 3,000 total flight hours, or within 14 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later, revise the Operating Limitations and Abnormal Procedures sections of the Canadair Regional Jet AFM, CSP A-012, to include the information in Canadair Temporary Revision (TR) RJ/155, dated July 5, 2005, as specified in the TR. This may be done by inserting a copy of the TR into the AFM. This TR introduces new procedures for operation in icing conditions. Operate the airplane according to the limitations and procedures in the TR. When this TR has been included in general revisions of the AFM, the general revisions may be inserted in the AFM, provided the relevant information in the general revision is identical to that in the TR.

(i) For airplanes with an affected or unidentifiable piccolo tube: The operating limitations and abnormal procedures specified in the TR, as required by paragraph (h) of this AD, may be removed from the AFM, provided all requirements of this paragraph have been satisfied.

(1) A fluorescent dye penetrant inspection for cracks of the piccolo tubes is done and repeated thereafter within 2,000-flight-hour intervals in accordance with the service bulletin. An inspection done before the effective date of this AD in accordance with Bombardier Service Bulletin 601R-30-029, dated June 17, 2005, is acceptable for compliance with the requirements of paragraph (i)(1) of this AD.

(2) All applicable corrective actions are done as specified in paragraph (k) of this AD.

(3) Applicable inspection reports are submitted as specified in paragraph (o) of this AD.

(j) During any period in which the inspection interval exceeds 2,000 flight hours after the initial inspection specified in paragraph (i)(1) of this AD, the airplane must be operated under the limitations and abnormal procedures specified in paragraph (h) of this AD.

(k) If any crack is found during any inspection required by paragraph (i) of this AD: Before further flight, do the actions specified in paragraph (k)(1), (k)(2), (k)(3), (k)(4), or (k)(5) of this AD, except as required by paragraph (l) of this AD.

(1) Replace the cracked piccolo tube, in accordance with the service bulletin, with a new piccolo tube that has the same part number as identified in paragraph 1.A. of the service bulletin but that does not have a serial number listed in that paragraph.

(2) Replace the cracked piccolo tube, in accordance with the service bulletin, with a new piccolo tube that has a part number identified in the applicable Bombardier illustrated parts catalog but not identified in paragraph 1.A. of the service bulletin, or with a new piccolo tube identified in paragraph (m) of this AD.

(3) Replace the cracked piccolo tube, in accordance with the service bulletin, with a piccolo tube that has been inspected in accordance with the service bulletin, is not cracked, and has not accumulated any air time (hours time-in-service) since inspection.

(4) Replace the cracked piccolo tube with a piccolo tube that has been repaired in accordance with a method approved by either the Manager, New York Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), ANE-172, FAA; or Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) (or its delegated agent); and has not accumulated any air time (hours time-in-service) since the repair.

(5) Reinstall the cracked piccolo tube and operate the airplane in accordance with a method approved by either the Manager, New York ACO, or TCCA (or its delegated agent). Operation in accordance with the provisions of Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL) entry 30-12-03 is one acceptable method.

(l) Where the service bulletin specifies that Bombardier may be contacted for information regarding repair, this AD requires repair according to a method approved by either the Manager, New York ACO, or TCCA (or its delegated agent).

(m) Installation, in accordance with the service bulletin, of a complete set of new inboard, center, and outboard piccolo tubes, as identified in paragraphs (m)(1), (m)(2), and (m)(3) of this AD terminates the requirements of paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) of this AD. When these piccolo tubes have been installed, remove the Operating Limitations and Abnormal Procedures, if inserted in accordance with paragraph (h) of this AD, from the AFM.

(1) For the inboard piccolo tube: P/N 601-80032-7 (14432-107) and 601-80032-8 (14432-108).

(2) For the center piccolo tube: P/N 14464-105 and 14464-106.

(3) For the outboard piccolo tube: P/N 14463-109 and 14463-110.

(n) As of the effective date of this AD, no person may install, on any airplane, a piccolo tube having a P/N listed in listed in paragraph 1.A. of the service bulletin, unless the requirements of this AD have been accomplished for that piccolo tube.

(o) For any inspection done in accordance with paragraph (i) of this AD: Submit a report of the inspection results (both positive and negative findings) in accordance with Appendix B of the service bulletin. Information collection requirements contained in this AD have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and have been assigned OMB Control Number 2120-0056.

(1) If the most recent inspection was done after the effective date of this AD: Submit the report within 10 days after the inspection.

(2) If the most recent inspection was accomplished prior to the effective date of this AD: Submit the report within 10 days after the effective date of this AD.

(p) The Manager, New York ACO, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested in accordance with the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.

(q) Canadian airworthiness directive CF-2005-26, dated July 11, 2005, also addresses the subject of this AD.

(r) You must use Canadair Temporary Revision RJ/155, dated July 5, 2005, to the Canadair Regional Jet Airplane Flight Manual, CSP A-012; and Bombardier Service Bulletin 601R-30-029, Revision A, dated July 7, 2005, including Appendix A, dated June 17, 2005, and Appendix B, Revision A, dated July 7, 2005; to perform the actions that are required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of this document in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. For a copy of this service information, contact Bombardier, Inc., Canadair, Aerospace Group, P.O. Box 6087, Station Centre-ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9, Canada. You may review copies at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room PL-401, Nassif Building, Washington, DC; on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at the NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/ code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.