Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-16518 · Oxygen
SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
This AD applies to SOCATA Model TBM 700 airplanes, serial numbers 1 through 204, 206 through 239, and 241 through 243, that are:
(i) certificated in any category; and
(ii) equipped with a chemical oxygen generation system.
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, do the following actions:
(1) Before further flight after December 29, 2010 (the effective date of this AD), insert Temporary Revision No. 3, dated March 2009, into the Emergency Procedures section and the Limitations section of DAHER-SOCATA TBM 700 A & B Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH).
(2) Within 7 months after December 29, 2010 (the effective date of this AD) or 100 hours time-in-service (TIS) after December 29, 2010 (the effective date of this AD), whichever occurs first, replace the existing oxygen generator release pin, part number (P/N) T700A3510038100, with an open pin, P/N T700A351004410000, using the accomplishment instructions of DAHER-SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-168, dated December 2009.
(3) After December 29, 2010 (the effective date of this AD), do not install in any affected airplane an oxygen generator release pin, P/N T700A3510038100.
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.
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