Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-22535 · Fuel storage
Cameron Balloons Ltd. Fuel Cylinders
(1) This AD applies to hot air balloons, certificated in any category, equipped with a Cameron Balloons Ltd. fuel cylinder part number (P/N) CB2990/A (the affected fuel cylinder).
(2) The affected fuel cylinder may be installed on hot air balloon models including, but not limited to, those of the following design approval holders:
(i) Aerostar International, Inc.;
(ii) Ballonbau Worner GmbH;
(iii) Balóny Kubíček spol. s.r.o.;
(iv) Cameron Balloons Ltd.;
(v) Eagle Balloons Corp.;
(vi) JR Aerosports, Ltd. (type certificate previously held by Sundance Balloons (US));
(vii) Lindstrand Balloons Ltd.; and
(viii) Michael D. McGrath (type certificate subsequently transferred to Andrew Philip Richardson, Adams Aerostats LLC).
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-13- 03, which applied to a certain Cameron Balloons Ltd. (Cameron) fuel cylinder installed on hot air balloons. AD 2022-13-03 required removing any installed fuel cylinder part number (P/N) CB2990 (Alugas) from service before further flight. Since the FAA issued AD 2022-13-03, the fuel cylinder part number has been identified as CB2990/A instead of CB2990 (Alugas). This AD requires removing any installed fuel cylinders P/N CB2990/A from service before further flight. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Before further flight after the effective date of this AD, remove the affected fuel cylinder from service.
Note 1 to paragraph (g): Cameron Balloons Alert Service Bulletin No. 33, Revision 2, dated June 2023, contains information related to this AD, including reference to a replacement fuel cylinder P/N CB2990-B.
