Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10768 · Saab Model SAAB 2000 Series Airplanes
Saab Model SAAB 2000 Series Airplanes
Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, serial numbers -002 through -050 inclusive, and -052, -053, and -060; excluding serial number -051; certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect chafing of the hydraulic pipe on the emergency uplock release system of the main landing gear (MLG); testing of the hydraulic pipe for leaks, if necessary; and repair of the hydraulic pipe, if necessary. This amendment also requires modification of the attachment bolt and attachment hole on the structural panel, which terminates the repetitive inspection requirements of this AD. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent chafing between the hydraulic pipe on the emergency uplock release system of the MLG and an attachment bolt on a structural panel, which could result in rupture of the hydraulic pipe, loss of hydraulic pressure, and consequent inability to activate the emergency MLG extension.
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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