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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998.  The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Maule M-7 Series Aeroplanes
AD/ML-M7/4  Elevator Controls  2/2009

Applicability:  This AD applies to the following aeroplane models and serial numbers detailed in Table 1 of this AD.

                Table 1.
                   M-7-235       4001C through 4132C, 12001C, 12002C
                   M-7-235A      24001C
                   M-7-235B      23001C through 23105C
                   M-7-235C      25001C through 25106C
                   M-7-260       26001C through 26021C
                   M-7-260C      30001C through 30040C
                   M-7-420A      35001C
                   M-7-420AC     29001C, 29003C through 29007C
                   M-8-235       15001C through 15006C
                   MT-7-235      18001C through 18097C, 18099C, 18100C
                   MT-7-260      27001C through 27014C
                   MT-7-420      51001C, 51002C
                   MX-7-160      19001C through 19046C
                   MX-7-160C     34001C

                 MX-7-180       11001C through 11097C
                 MX-7-180A      20001C through 20064C
                 MX-7-180AC     33001C through 33010C
                 MX-7-180B      22001C through 22025C, 22027C
                 MX-7-180C      28001C through 28027C
                 MX-7-235       10001C through 10122C
                 MX-7-420       13001C through 13003C
                 MXT-7-160      17001C through 17008C
                 MXT-7-180      14000C through 14125C
                 MXT-7-180A     21001C through 21096C

Requirement:     1. Using yellow enamel paint, colour code the following:

                   a) the top of the rear elevator control horn,

                   b) the elevator control cable end attached to the top of the rear control horn,

                   c) the bottom of the forward elevator control horn, and

                   d) the elevator control cable end attached to the bottom of the forward control horn.

                 Follow Maule Aerospace Technology, Inc. Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 30 dated 4 March 2008.

                 2. Insert the following text into the rigging procedure section of the FAA-approved maintenance program (e.g. maintenance manual):

                 "CAUTION – BEFORE FLIGHT WHENEVER ELEVATOR CABLES ARE RECONNECTED OR NEW CABLES INSTALLED: Always check operation of elevators after a cable reconnect by pulling back on the control and ascertain that the elevators are in the UP position."

                Follow Maule Aerospace Technology, Inc. Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 30.  This may be achieved by inserting a copy of this AD or inserting the text located on the bottom of page 3 of Maule Aerospace Technology, Inc. Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 30 into the FAA-approved maintenance program (e.g. maintenance manual).

             Note 1:  CASA reminds operators that Civil Aviation Regulation (1988) 42G requires additional requirements to be complied with if any part of the flight control system of an Australian aircraft is assembled, adjusted, repaired, modified or replaced in the course of carrying out maintenance on the