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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY
 SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

 Piper PA-31 Series Aeroplanes

 AD/PA-31/120
 Amdt 1

 MLG Actuator Reinforcement Bracket 6/97

Applicability:  Models                          Serial Numbers
                PA-31, PA-31-300 & PA-31-325.   31-2 through 31-8312019
                PA-31-350                       31-5001 through 31-8553002
                PA-31P                          31P-1 through 31P-7730012
                PA-31P-350                      31P-8414001 through 31P-8414050
                PA-31T                          31T-7400001 through 31T-8120104
                PA-31T1                         31T-7804001 through 31T-8304003 &
                                                31T-1104004 through 31T-1104017
                PA-31T2                         31T-8166001 through 31T-8166076 &
                                                31T-1166001 through 31T-1166008
                PA-31T3                         31T-8275001 through 31T-8475001 &
                                                31T-5575001

            Requirement: Replace any main landing gear actuator reinforcement bracket having part number 40776-00 with a new main landing gear actuator reinforcement bracket, part number 73786-02, in accordance with the Instructions section of Piper Service Bulletin 923.

            Note: FAA AD 96-21-11 Amdt 39-9788 refers.

 Compliance: Unless already accomplished, within 100 hours time in service after 22 May 1997.

            The compliance of the initial issue of this Directive was," before 3 September 1994". This Amendment becomes effective on 22 May 1997.
            Background: The FAA received reports of cracked main landing gear actuator reinforcement brackets on several of the affected aircraft, including a report of the main landing gear extending when not selected, while the aircraft was in flight.

            Amendment 1 is issued in response to a new FAA AD which corrects an incorrect applicability designation of Piper Model PA-31 aircraft as Piper Model PA-31-310, and changes the serial number range of other models.

            The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 3 September 1994.