Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10334 · SOCATAGroupe AEROSPATIALE, Model TBM 700 Airplanes
SOCATAGroupe AEROSPATIALE, Model TBM 700 Airplanes
Model TBM 700 airplanes (all serial numbers), certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE, Model TBM 700 airplanes. This action requires revising the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to specify procedures that would prohibit flight in severe icing conditions (as determined by certain visual cues), limit or prohibit the use of various flight control devices while in severe icing conditions, and provide the flight crew with recognition cues for, and procedures for exiting from, severe icing conditions. This AD is prompted by the results of a review of the requirements for certification of these airplanes in icing conditions, new information on the icing environment, and icing data provided currently to the flight crew. The actions specified by this AD are intended to minimize the potential hazards associated with operating these airplanes in severe icing conditions by providing more clearly defined procedures and limitations associated with such conditions.
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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