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AD/SWSA226/96 Amdt 1 which will be cancelled.  Any inspection accomplished in accordance with AD/SWSA226/96 or Amdt 1 that is equivalent to any inspection required by this Directive is acceptable for compliance with this Directive and the 12 month interval for repetitive inspections required by this Directive should start from the date the initial inspection was accomplished in accordance with the superseded Directive.
             Later revisions of the above SBs, approved by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC) to FAA AD 2009-11-06 are considered acceptable for compliance with the equivalent Requirements of this Directive.
             Note 3:  FAA AD 2009-11-06 Amdt 39-15916 refers.
Compliance:  For Requirement 1 - Within 250 hours time in service (TIS) after 28 August 2008 (the effective date of AD/SWSA226/96).
             For Requirement 2 - Before further flight after the Requirement 1 modification and a minimum 0.50-inch clearance between the bleed air line and the tubing on the battery cables was not able to be obtained.

             For Requirement 3 - Within 250 hours TIS after 28 August 2008 (the effective date of AD/SWSA226/96) and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 12 months.
             For Requirement 4 - Within 250 hours TIS after 30 July 2009 (the effective date of the original issue of this Directive).
             For Requirement 5 - Within 250 hours TIS after 30 July 2009 and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 12 months.
             For Requirement 6 - Before further flight after any Requirement 1, 3, 4 or 5 inspection where any evidence of insulation deterioration, chafing or arcing was found.
             This Amendment becomes effective on 24 September 2009.
Background:  The original issue of this Directive superseded AD/SWSA226/96 Amdt 1 which was cancelled.  The FAA initially issued AD 2008-12-16 which required inspection of wiring and tube assemblies for chaffing, arcing and insufficient clearance between components and, if necessary, required cleaning, repair and/or replacement of chaffed components, wiring and tubes.  CASA subsequently issued AD/SWSA226/96 reflecting those requirements.
             Since FAA AD 2008-12-16 was issued M7 Aerospace LP notified the FAA that Model SA227-BC (C-26A) was inadvertently left out of the applicability section of the AD, and they updated some of the service information due to parts availability.  Operators have also identified issues with model applicability that needed clarification.  The FAA subsequently issued AD 2009-11-06 which corrected these deficiencies but at the same time regrouped the aeroplane models for clarity.
             The original issue of this Directive reflected the FAA changes but similar to the FAA AD retained the initial inspection compliance of 'within 250 hours time in service after 28 August 2008' and also allowed credit for inspections accomplished in accordance with the superseded Directives.
             The original issue of this Directive was issued to