EASA Cancellation Notice No: 2013-0085-CN 

EASA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 

CANCELLATION NOTICE 

AD No.: 2013-0085-CN 

Date: 08 April 2013 

Note: This Airworthiness Directive (AD) Cancellation Notice (CN) is issued by EASA. acting 

in accordance with Regulation {EC) No 216/2008 on behalf of the European Community, its 

Member States and of the European third countries that participate in the activities of EASA 

under Article 66 of that Regulation. 

Design Approval Holder's Name: Type/Model designation(s): 

PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES S.p.A. P .180 aeroplanes 

TCDS Number: 

Foreign AD: 

Cancellation: 

ATA54 

Manufacturer(s ): 

Applicability: 

Reason: 

EASA.A.059 

Not applicable 

This Notice cancels ENAC PA 98-208 dated 09 June 1998. 

CANCELLED: Nacelles- Inner Panels- Inspection 

Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. (PAl). 

P.180 Avanti and Avanti II aeroplanes, all serial numbers. 

During scheduled maintenance, the inner protective film of the composite 

nacelles panels was found partially detached on some Piaggio P .180 

aeroplanes. 

In 1998, PAl issued Service Bulletin (SB) 80-0101 , to provide instructions to 

inspect the nacelle inner panels for loose film parts, and depending on 

findings, to cut them away. The instructions of SB 80-0101 were considered 

to be applicable to all aeroplanes, even newly manufactured, since the 

detachment was expected to occur after accumulation of some flight time 

after manufacturing. 

As this condition was considered to be a potentially unsafe condition, 

Registro Aeronautico Italiano (RAI), the predecessor of Ente Nazionale per 

I'Aviazione Civile (ENAC), issued Prescrizione di Aeronavigabilita (PA) No. 

98-208, which required the inspections and corrective actions as specified in 

PAl SB 80-0101. 

Since 2000, all P.180 aeroplane nacelles have been manufactured by a 

different supplier, and no new occurrences of film detachment have been 

reported on earlier manufactured aeroplanes. Consequently, nacelle inner 

panel protective film detachment is no longer considered as probable. 

Prompted by this determination, PAl issued Revision ZZ of SB 80-0101, 

which cancelled the previous revision of this SB. 

For the reasons described above, this Notice cancels ENAC PA No. 98-208 

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EASA Cancellation Notice No: 2013-0085-CN 

dated 09 June 1998. 

Effective Date: 08 April2013 

Required Action(s) Not applicable 

and Compliance 

Time(s): 

Ref. Publications: PAl SB No. 80-0101 Revision ZZ, dated 19 February 2013. 

Remarks: 1. This AD-CN was posted on 07 March 2013 as PAD 13-042-CN for 

consultation until 04 April2013. No comments were received during the 

consultation period. 

2. Enquiries regarding this AD-CN should be referred to the Safety 

Information Section, Executive Directorate, EASA. 

E-mail: ADs@easa.europa.eu. 

3. For any question concerning the technical content of this PAD-CN, please 

contact: 

Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A- Airworthiness Office 

Via Luigi Cibrario, 4- 16154 Genova - Italy. 

Telephone: +39010 6481353; Fax: +39 010 6481881 

E-mail: airworthiness@piaggioaero.it. 

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