Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-15677 · Fuselage
EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
This AD applies to TBM 700 airplanes, serial numbers 364, 367, and 370 through 439, 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:
For airplanes that have had the floor panel removed for maintenance or if it cannot be positively determined that the floor panel has not been removed at any time, do the following actions, unless already done:
(1) Before further flight after October 23, 2008 (the effective date of this AD), inspect the gap between the landing gear control button and the floor panel. Do the inspection following paragraph A of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
(2) If the gap is below the limits specified in paragraph A of EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008, before further flight after the inspection required in paragraph (f)(1) of this AD, modify the floor panel following paragraph C of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
(3) If the gap is at or above the limits specified in paragraph A of EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008, before further flight after the inspection required in paragraph (f)(1) of this AD, recondition the airplane following paragraph D of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
(g) For airplanes in which it can be positively determined that the floor panel has not been removed at any time, within the next 30 days after October 23, 2008 (the effective date of this AD), do the following actions, unless already done:
(1) Inspect the gap between the landing gear control button and the floor panel. Do the inspection following paragraph A of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
(2) If the gap is below the limits specified in paragraph A of EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008, before further flight after the inspection required in paragraph (g)(1) of this AD, modify the floor panel following paragraph C of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
(3) If the gap is at or above the limits specified in paragraph A of EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008, before further flight after the inspection required in paragraph (g)(1) of this AD, recondition the airplane following paragraph D of the Accomplishment Instructions in EADS SOCATA Mandatory TBM Aircraft Service Bulletin SB 70-154, dated April 2008.
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.
