Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-22555 · Rudder tab control system
British Aerospace (Operations) Limited and British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Airplanes
This AD applies to British Aerospace (Operations) Limited Model Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes and British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Model Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes, all serial numbers, certificated in any category.
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-19-22 for all British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Jetstream Series 3101 and Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes. AD 2017-19-22 required incorporating BAE Systems' Corrosion Prevention and Control program into the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) of the existing instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) for your airplane, which added new and more restrictive inspections for corrosion that include inspecting the door hinges/supporting structure and attachment bolts for the main spar joint and engine support, and the rudder hinge location on the vertical stabilizer, and applicable corrective actions. Since the FAA issued AD 2017-19-22, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the United Kingdom (UK) superseded the mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (now European Union Aviation Safety Agency) (EASA) to correct an unsafe condition on these products. This AD requires revising the ALS of the existing ICA for your airplane. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
(1) Before further flight after the effective date of this AD, revise the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the existing instructions for continued airworthiness for your approved maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, by incorporating the actions and associated thresholds and intervals, including life limits, specified in BAE Systems Jetstream Series 3100 & 3200 Corrosion Prevention and Control Programme, Manual Ref: JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9, dated April 15, 2022 (BAE Systems CPCP Manual JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9).
(2) The actions required by paragraph (g)(1) of this AD may be performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate and must be entered into the aircraft records showing compliance with this AD in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 14 CFR 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439.
(3) Do all the actions in BAE Systems CPCP Manual JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9, as follows:
(i) For all tasks other than 130/EX/01 C3, 140/EX/01 C2, 150/EX/01 C2, 150/EX/01 C3, 150/EX/01 C4, and 200/EX/01 C3: At the compliance times specified in BAE Systems CPCP Manual JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9, or within 12 months after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
(ii) For tasks 130/EX/01 C3, 140/EX/01 C2, 150/EX/01 C2, 150/EX/01 C3, 150/EX/01 C4, and 200/EX/01 C3: Within 12 months after the effective date of this AD.
(4) If any discrepancy, as identified in BAE Systems CPCP Manual JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9, is found during any inspection or task required by paragraph (g)(3) of this AD, repair or replace, as applicable, all damaged structural parts and components and do the maintenance procedures for corrective action in accordance with and at the compliance time specified in BAE Systems CPCP Manual JS/CPCP/01, Revision 9, except reporting Level 2 and Level 3 corrosion and reporting cracks or other structural defects are not required. If no compliance time is defined, do the applicable corrective action before further flight.
(5) If during any inspection or task required by paragraph (g)(3) of this AD, any discrepancy is found that is not identified in paragraph (g)(4) of this AD or is beyond the repairable limits specified in paragraph (g)(4) of this AD, before further flight, contact either the Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA; Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the United Kingdom (UK); British Aerospace (Operations) Limited's Design Organization Approval (DOA) (for Jetstream Series 3101); or British Aerospace Regional Aircraft's DOA (for Jetstream Model 3201) for approved corrective action instructions and accomplish those instructions accordingly. If approved by the DOA, the approval must include the DOA-authorized signature.
After the action required by paragraph (g)(1) of this AD has been done, no alternative actions and associated thresholds and intervals, including life limits, are allowed unless they are approved as specified in paragraph (i) of this AD.
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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