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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
On the commencement date specified below, and for the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below repeals Airworthiness Directive (AD) AD/GENERAL/87 and issues the following AD under subregulation 39.001 (1) of CASR 1998 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct an 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.

Aircraft - General
AD/GENERAL/87 Amdt 1  Primary Flight Control                         20/2017
                      Cable Terminals - Detailed Visual Inspections

Applicability:  All fixed wing aircraft fitted with primary flight control cable assemblies using swaged terminal fittings specified to have been manufactured from SAE-AISI 303Se or SAE-AISI 304 stainless steel if the cable terminal fittings have 15 years or more time in service (TIS).
                Cable terminal fittings with unknown TIS are assumed for the purpose of this airworthiness directive (AD) to have more than 15 years TIS.
                This AD is not applicable to aircraft that:
                     (a) are over 5700 kg MTOW, or
                     (b) have in their approved scheduled maintenance tasks, detailed inspections on cable terminal fittings that are at least equivalent to Requirement 1 of this AD.
                Note 1:  Primary Flight Controls means: For control of the aircraft around the pitch, roll and yaw axis. This AD is not applicable to 'secondary' flight controls such as trim cable or flap cable assemblies.
Requirement:       1. Inspect cable terminal fittings as follows:
                     a. Prepare each cable terminal for inspection by:
                        i. removing rubber sleeves, tape or any coverings on the stainless steel swaged terminals (see Note 2).
                        ii. cleaning the surface of the terminal fittings as necessary to remove any contaminants on the surface prior to their inspection.
                     b. Examine the entire exposed surface of each cable terminal fitting using a 10X magnifier or borescope, looking for any corrosion, pitting or cracking on the terminal fitting.
                   2. Repeat the inspection detailed in Requirement 1 (b) at the intervals mentioned in the Compliance section of this AD.
                   3. Replace any cable assembly which is found to have any evidence of pitting corrosion, or cracking on the cable terminal fitting.
                   4. Report to CASA any defects found during compliance with this AD via the Defect Reporting System.
                Note 2:  Removal of lock-wire/safety clips may be required to perform the detailed inspection adequately. Certain methods of locking such as lock-wire which is wrapped (spiral) around the terminal