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2005, CAA United Kingdom issued AD
             G-2005-0034 (EASA approval number 2005-6447), later superseded by EASA AD 2006-0143 (AD/BN-2/84 Amdt 2), to require inspections and leak tests on Britten-Norman aircraft.  Subsequently, it has been discovered that the same tubes are supplied to EADS-CASA for installation on C-212 aircraft, one for the pilot side and one for the co-pilot side.
             Although EADS-CASA has not received any report of cracked pitot tubes from
             C-212 operators there is a potential for this to occur which could result in incorrect readings on the pressure instrumentation e.g. altimeters, vertical speed indicators (rate of climb) and airspeed indicators, potentially leading to navigational errors.

             For this reason, this Directive requires the inspection of the affected pitot tubes and, if cracks are found, replacement of those tubes with the new P/N 212-A0150-0001 and 212-A0150-0002 pitot tubes.

Charles Lenarcic
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

8 September 2008