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

     DHC-2 (Beaver) Series Aeroplanes

     AD/DHC-2/10
     Amdt 8

     Lift Strut and Lift Strut Attachment Fittings 3/88

     Applicability: All models.

                 Requirement: 1. Carry out a fluorescent penetrant inspection for cracking of the upper attachment fitting of each lift strut at the times specified in compliance table, item (1).

2.    Replace the complete lift struts with new struts at the lives specified in compliance table, Item (1).

                Note: The attention of operators is also drawn to de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada SB No 2/43.

3.    Replace the wing/strut attachment fittings and the fuselage/strut attachment fittings with new fittings at the lives specified in compliance table, Items (2) and (3).

4.    Check for looseness of the lift strut attachment bolts in their holes, and for any evidence of misalignment of the strut or of the wing and fuselage strut attachment fittings at the times specified in compliance table, Item (4). Any misalignment or looseness of fit shall be corrected before further flight.

5.    Replace strut upper and lower attachment bolts with new bolts, at the times specified in compliance table, Item (5).

     Compliance: Retirement Lives and Inspections:

                Columns headed "A" apply to components which have at any time been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

                Columns headed "B" apply to components which have never been fitted to an aircraft while engaged in agricultural operations.

                Inspection intervals and Retirement Lives are in hours time in service and for modified struts are in hours time in service of the oldest component of the strut.

  Item Component     Part Number   Component Inspection Times   Component Retirement Life
                                  A                            B                           A            B
1. Lift Strut     C2W1103A         Initial 2100                 Not required               2480 hours    20000 hours
                  C2W1104A         hours                        by this AD
  Lift Struts     RU C2W1103A      Repeat after
  modified by     RL C2W1103A      200 hours
  Mod. S.O.O.     RLU C2W1103A
  2040 and Kit    RU C2W1104A
  C2W1113         RL C2W1104A
                  RLU C2W1104A
  Lift Strut      C2W1115-1        Not required                 Not required               25000 hours   Not required
                  C2W1115-2        by this AD                   by this AD                               by this AD

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

                                        All other numbers                      NOT PERMITTED IN OPERATION
  2. Wing/Strut attachment fitting      C2W781 C2W782                   Not required by this AD                                                                                             Not required by this AD                                     30000 hours                                           Not required by this AD
  3. Fuselage/Strut attachment fitting  C2FS419A C2FS5475A C2FS5487A    Not required by this AD                                                                                             Not required by this AD                                     30000 hours                                           Not required by this AD
4. See para 4.                                                          Each time a new lift strut or attachment fitting is fitted and subsequently at intervals not exceeding 2500 hours  Not applicable
5. See para