AD/SF340/43 - Power Lever Placard

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

SAAB SF340 Series Aeroplanes

AD/SF340/43 Power Lever Placard 7/94 DM

All SAAB SF 340A S/N 004 through 159 and SF 340B S/N 160 through 379.

Action in accordance with SAAB Service Bulletin 340-76-033.

FAA AD 94-09-09 amdt 39-8898 refers.

Unless previously carried out within 14 days from 16 May 1994.

Advice has been received of a recent event overseas where during descent all engine power was lost after both propellers overspeed possibly due to an inadvertent crew selection of the power levers to a position below ‘flight idle’.