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periods.
                Note 3:  The AWAL Maintenance Direction does not apply to any aircraft that has been flown off salt water.
                This AD commences on 20 February 2017.
Background:     The FAA advise the possibility of fatigue cracking, leading to blade separation, initiated by severe corrosion around the shank and blade fillet area, particularly under the Teflon friction strip. FAA AD 81-13-06 R2 refers.
                Amendment 1 (1987) of this Directive was issued to extend the inspection period after initial inspection.
                Amendment 2 of this AD allows for Limited Category aircraft administered by the Australian Warbird Association Ltd to have an extended inspection period by compliance with the requirements contained in AWAL Maintenance Direction 16-001.
                AWAL requested that CASA review the AD and submitted maintenance reports and statements that demonstrated that no significant corrosion had been found at the previous propeller disassembly inspections at the 6 yearly intervals.

Pieter van Dijk
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
15 February 2017