Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-15968 · Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes
Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes
This AD applies to the following airplane models and serial numbers that are certificated in any category:
| Model | Serial No. |
|---|---|
| 208 | 20800500 through 20800504. |
| 208B | 208B1216, 208B2001, 208B2003 through 208B2023, 208B2025 through 208B2029, 208B2031 through 208B2037, 208B2040, 208B2042, and 208B2043. |
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 208 and 208B airplanes. This AD requires you to measure the roll and the yaw bridle cable tension (adjusting as necessary) and to torque the clamp screws. This AD results from two reported incidences of slack bridle cables with the swaged balls unseating from their drum recesses. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct loose bridle cable clamps, which could result in the swaged ball unseating from the recess in the servo drum and contacting the cable guard pin. This failure could lead to very limited control of the rudder and/or aileron with consequent loss of control.
To address this problem, you must do the following, unless already done:
| Actions | Compliance | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Measure and adjust as necessary, the roll bridle cable tension and yaw bridle cable tension, and torque the 12 bridle cable clamp screws | Within the next 10 hours time-in-service after July 27, 2009 (the effective date of this AD) | Follow Accomplishment Instructions, paragraphs 2. through 7., of Cessna Aircraft Company Caravan Service Bulletin CAB08-9, dated November 24, 2008. |
| (2) Use the form (Figure 1 of this AD) to report the results of the inspections required in paragraph (e)(1) of this AD. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection requirements contained in this regulation under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and assigned OMB Control Number 2120-0056 | Within 10 days after the inspection required in paragraph (e)(1). If Cessna Aircraft Company Caravan Service Bulletin CAB08-9, dated November 24, 2008, was done before July 27, 2009 (the effective date of this AD) the report is not required | Send the report to the FAA at the address specified in paragraph (f) of this AD. |
| Airplane Model |
| Airplane Serial Number |
| Did you find the yaw bridle cable tension to be within the range of 15-25 lbs? |
| Did you find the roll bridle cable tension to be within the range of 10-14 lbs? |
| Were any other discrepancies noted during the inspection? |
| Name |
| Telephone and/or e-mail address |
| Date |
| Send report to: |
| Ann Johnson, Aerospace Engineer |
| ACE-116W, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office |
| 1801 Airport Road, Room 100 |
| Wichita, KS 67209 |
| fax: (316) 946-4107 |
| e-mail: ann.johnson@faa.gov |
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.
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