Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-16759 · Flight controls
Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X Airplanes
Superseded. A later AD replaced this one: AD 2014-16-23. Comply with the one in force.
This AD applies to all Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 7X airplanes, certificated in any category, all serial numbers.
Note 1: This AD requires revisions to certain operator maintenance documents to include new inspections. Compliance with these inspections is required by 14 CFR 91.403(c). For airplanes that have been previously modified, altered, or repaired in the areas addressed by these inspections, the operator may not be able to accomplish the inspections described in the revisions. In this situation, to comply with 14 CFR 91.403(c), the operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance according to paragraph (n)(1) of this AD. The request should include a description of changes to the required inspections that will ensure the continued operational safety of the airplane.
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated 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:
You are responsible for having the actions required by this AD performed within the compliance times specified, unless the actions have already been done.
Before further flight, do the applicable actions specified in paragraphs (g)(1), (g)(2), and (g)(3) of this AD.
(1) For airplanes on which Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-211, Revision 1, dated June 14, 2011, has not been done as of the effective date of this AD: Modify the airplane by adding an automatic reversion logic and a means for the pilot to override pitch trim control normal modes, and install placards in the cockpit in full view of the pilots, in accordance with paragraph 2., “Accomplishment Instructions for Aircraft which have not Already Implemented the Revision 1 of the Service Bulletin,” of Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-211, Revision 2, including New Standard Installation Checklist and Appendix A, dated June 22, 2011, including FCS Data Loading Procedure, Issue D, dated May 28, 2010.
(2) For airplanes on which Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-211, Revision 1, dated June 14, 2011, has been done as of the effective date of this AD:
Replace the frame of the emergency switch box, in accordance with paragraph 3., “Accomplishment Instructions for Aircraft which have Already Implemented Revision 1 of this Service Bulletin,” of Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-211, Revision 2, including New Standard Installation Checklist and Appendix A, dated June 22, 2011, including FCS Data Loading Procedure, Issue D, dated May 28, 2010.
(3) For airplanes equipped with any horizontal stabilizer electronic control unit (HSECU) P/N 051244-04, replace the HSECU with any HSECU identified in paragraph (g)(3)(i), (g)(3)(ii), or (g)(3)(iii) of this AD, in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-212, Revision 2, dated July 7, 2011.
(i) HSECU P/N 051244-02
(ii) Verified HSECU P/N 051244-04 having a stamped “V”
(iii) HSECU P/N 051244-05
An HSECU replacement done before the effective date of this AD in accordance with Dassault Mandatory Service Bulletin 7X-212, Revision 1, dated June 23, 2011, is acceptable for compliance with the requirements of either paragraph (g)(3)(i) or (g)(3)(ii) of this AD.
(i) As of the effective date of this AD, operate the airplane according to the limitations and procedures in the Dassault Falcon 7X AFM, Revision 12, dated June 16, 2011. Revision 12 introduces revised operational speed limitations and revised procedures accounting for the new TRIM EMERG button.
Before further flight, install the electronic checklist V0007 database, in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Dassault Service Bulletin 7X-213, dated June 22, 2011.
Before further flight, revise the Limitations section of the Dassault Falcon 7X AFM to include the following information. This may be accomplished by inserting a copy of this AD into the AFM.
“Dispatch with any inoperative equipment identified below is prohibited. This prohibition takes precedence over the FAA master minimum equipment list (MMEL) or any operator's MEL.
Air data systems (identified as MEL item 34-9)
Multi functional probe (MFP) heating system (identified as MMEL item 30-1)
ACMU3 and ACMU4 (identified as MMEL item 27-3)
LH REAR POWER #3 (identified as MMEL item 27-5-(-6)
Back-up mode (identified as MMEL item 27-8)”
Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, revise the maintenance program to incorporate MPD task 27-40-00-710-801, as specified in Dassault Aviation, Falcon 7X Maintenance Manual, Falcon 7X—Chapter 5-40-00 after Rev 01, dated June 10, 2011 (Commonly referred to as Dassault Change Proposal (CP) CP009 to Chapter 5-40-00 of Dassault Falcon 7X Maintenance Manual). The initial compliance time for doing the operational test of the HSTA electric motors reversion relays is 1,850 flight hours after accomplishment of the applicable actions required by paragraph (g) of this AD.
Note 2: The MM revision required by paragraph (l) of this AD may be done by inserting a copy of Dassault CP CP009, dated June 10, 2011, to Chapter 5-40-00 of Dassault Falcon 7X MM into the MM. When Dassault CP CP009 has been included in general revisions of the MM, the general revisions may be inserted into the MM, provided the relevant information in the general revision is identical to that in Dassault CP CP009, and Dassault CP CP009 may be removed.
After the maintenance program has been revised as required by paragraph (l) of this AD, no alternative procedure or interval for the operational test may be used unless the procedure and/or interval is approved as an AMOC in accordance with the procedures specified in paragraph (n) of this AD.
Note 3: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: (1) EASA AD 2011-0114R2 requires repetitive operational tests of the HSTA electric motors reversion relays, and specifies that the aircraft maintenance program may be revised in lieu of those repetitive tests. This FAA AD merely mandates revising the maintenance program. (2) EASA AD 2011-0114R2 does not include any requirement to revise the electronic checklist. Paragraph (j) of this FAA AD requires this action. (3) EASA AD 2011-0114R2 mandates amending the minimum equipment list (MEL) by removing certain items. This FAA AD instead requires revising the AFM to prohibit dispatch with those items inoperative. The operational effect, however, is the same.
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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