AD/TBM 700/4 - Elevator and Rudder Drainage

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

Aerospatiale (Socata) TBM 700 Series Aeroplanes

AD/TBM 700/4 Elevator and Rudder Drainage 1/94

Model TBM 700 aircraft with serial numbers 2 through 19, 21, 22, 24 through 34, 38,

39, 46, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 59 through 63, 67, 68, 70 through 78, 80, and 82 through

85.

Action in accordance with Socata TBM 700 Service Bulletin 70-028-55.

DGAC AD 93-179(B) refers.

Within 100 hours time in service after 6 January 1994.

The DGAC determined that inadequate drainage exists at the central bearing of the empennage control surfaces.