Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-15366 · Fuselage
EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
This AD applies to Model TBM 700 airplanes, serial numbers 126 through 322, that are:
(1) Equipped with a pilot door; and
(2) Certificated in any category.
We are superseding an existing 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, inspect the pilot door locking stop-fittings for correct length within 30 days after March 23, 2007 (the effective date of AD 2007-04-08). Do the inspection following EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005 or EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.
Do the following actions, unless already done:
(1) Any incorrect length pilot door locking stop-fittings replaced following the inspection required in paragraph (f) of this AD in accordance with AD 2007-04-08, using the original issue of EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005, must be replaced again within the next 12 months after March 11, 2008 (the effective date of this AD). Do the replacement using EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.
(2) Any incorrect length pilot door locking stop-fittings found during the inspection required in paragraph (f) of this AD and not previously replaced in accordance with AD 2007-04-08, must be replaced before further flight after March 11, 2008 (the effective date this AD). Do the replacement using EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.
Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: No differences.
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.
