Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-17476 · Flight controls
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Airplanes
This AD applies to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Model BAe.125 Series 800A (including C-29A and U-125), and 800B airplanes; and Model Hawker 800 (including variant U-125A) and 800XP airplanes; certificated in any category; modified by Aviation Partners Inc. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST01411SE (http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgstc.nsf/0/1b3a5d9052d875c0862577a700704eb6/$FILE/ST01411SE.pdf).
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Model BAe.125 Series 800A (including C-29A and U-125), and 800B airplanes; and Model Hawker 800 (including variant U-125A) and 800XP airplanes modified in accordance with a certain winglet supplemental type certificate. This AD requires revising the Limitations section of the airplane flight manual (AFM) and installing placards on the instrument panel. This AD was prompted by reports of several instances of severe vibration and wing/aileron oscillations. We are issuing this AD to prevent vibration and wing/aileron oscillations, which could cause structural damage or lead to divergent flutter, and result in loss of integrity of the wing, loss of control of the airplane, and in-flight breakup.
Within 45 days after the effective date of this AD: Revise the Limitations section of the airplane flight manual (AFM) by inserting the text specified in figure 1 to paragraph (g) of this AD adjacent to the page which states the Operational Limitations—Maximum Permissible Altitude.
Note 1 to paragraph (g) of this AD: When a statement identical to that in paragraph (g) of this AD has been included in the Limitations section of the general revisions of the AFM, the general revisions may be inserted into the AFM and the statement inserted as required by paragraph (g) of this AD may be removed.
Within 45 days after the effective date of this AD: Install placards on the instrument panel, in accordance with paragraph 3.B. of the Accomplishment Instructions of Aviation Partners Service Bulletin SBH-13-001, Revision A, dated May 3, 2013.
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.
