Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-14992 · EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 2025-26-02. Comply with the one in force.
This AD applies to SOCATA TBM 700 airplanes, serial numbers 1 through 308, plus the serial number 310, certificated in any category.
Note 1: This AD does not apply to airplanes in which both modifications No. MOD70-127-55 and MOD70-129-53 have been factory installed.
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Unless already done, do the following actions.
(1) Within the next 600 hours time-in-service (TIS) or the next 12 months, whichever occurs first, after the effective date of this AD, inspect the vertical stabilizer attachment fittings and bolts for cracks or corrosion, and, if necessary, repair or replace the damaged part and then apply a corrosion protection reinforcement, following EADS SOCATA Service Bulletin SB 70-104, Amendment 1, dated August 2004 or EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-104, Amendment 2, dated January 2007.
(2) Repeat the actions of paragraph (e)(1) every 1,200 hours TIS or every 24 months, whichever occurs first, following EADS SOCATA Service Bulletin SB 70-104, Amendment 1, dated August 2004 or EADS SOCATA Service Bulletin SB 70-104, Amendment 2, dated January 2007.
Note 2: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: This AD permits Amendment 2 of the SB to be used.
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.
