Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-15054 · Wings
APEX Aircraft (Type Certificate No. A36EU Formerly Held by AVIONS MUDRY et CIE) Model CAP 10 B Airplanes
This AD applies to Model CAP 10 B airplanes; serial numbers 001 through 299, fitted with major change 000302 (fiber carbon spar), and serial numbers 300 and up; that are certificated in any category.
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 50 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this AD and repetitively thereafter at intervals not to exceed 50 hours TIS, inspect the spades supports for cracks following the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS of APEX Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 040401, dated October 29, 2004. Replacement of the spades supports with ones with a letter “A” marking per APEX Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 040401, dated October 29, 2004, terminates the inspection requirements of this AD.
(2) Before further flight, if cracks are found during any inspection required by paragraph (f)(1) of this AD, replace the spades supports following the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS of APEX Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 040401, dated October 29, 2004.
Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: The MCAI and service bulletin require the initial inspection action within 10 hours TIS. We consider 10 hours TIS an urgent safety of flight compliance time, and we do not consider this unsafe condition to be an urgent safety of flight condition. Because we do not consider this unsafe condition to be an urgent safety of flight condition, we issued this action through the normal notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) AD process. The initial inspection time of 50 hours TIS is an adequate compliance for this AD action and met the FAA requirements for an NPRM followed by a final rule.
