AD 2008-03-15

(a) This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes effective March 11, 2008.

(b) This AD supersedes AD 2007-04-08, Amendment 39-14939.

(c) This AD applies to Model TBM 700 airplanes, serial numbers 126 through 322, that are:

(1) Equipped with a pilot door; and

(2) Certificated in any category.

(d) Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Code 53: Fuselage.

(e) The mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) states:

A non-respect of the pilot door adjustment procedure could have damaged the stop fitting and could result in a consequent depressurization of the airplane.

This AD requires you to inspect the pilot door locking stop fittings for correct length and replace any incorrect length pilot door locking stop fittings found.

(f) Unless already done, inspect the pilot door locking stop-fittings for correct length within 30 days after March 23, 2007 (the effective date of AD 2007-04-08). Do the inspection following EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005 or EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.

(g) Do the following actions, unless already done:

(1) Any incorrect length pilot door locking stop-fittings replaced following the inspection required in paragraph (f) of this AD in accordance with AD 2007-04-08, using the original issue of EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005, must be replaced again within the next 12 months after March 11, 2008 (the effective date of this AD). Do the replacement using EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.

(2) Any incorrect length pilot door locking stop-fittings found during the inspection required in paragraph (f) of this AD and not previously replaced in accordance with AD 2007-04-08, must be replaced before further flight after March 11, 2008 (the effective date this AD). Do the replacement using EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007.

Note:

This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information as follows: No differences.

(h) The following provisions also apply to this AD:

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, Standards Office, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN: Albert Mercado, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4119; fax: (816) 329-4090. Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local FSDO.

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain corrective actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered FAA-approved if they are approved by the State of Design Authority (or their delegated agent). You are required to assure the product is airworthy before it is returned to service.

(3) Reporting Requirements: For any reporting requirement in this AD, under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection requirements and has assigned OMB Control Number 2120-0056.

(i) If you have ordered parts and they are not available, then you may fly unpressurized until parts become available or for a period not to exceed 90 days after the inspection required in paragraph (f) of this AD, whichever occurs first. You must also fabricate and install a placard as described below. Completing the action of paragraph (g)(2) of this AD terminates the placard requirement.

(1) Fabricate (using letters at least 1/8 inch in height) a warning placard that states “This airplane is prohibited from pressurized flight.”

(2) Install the placard in full view of the pilot. The owner/operator holding at least a private pilot certificate as authorized by section 43.7 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 43.7) may install the placard as required in paragraph (h) of this AD.

(j) Refer to MCAI Direction générale de l'aviation civile (DGAC) AD No. F-2007-016, October 10, 2007; and EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007, for related information.

(k) You must use EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005, or EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007, to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.

(1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, Amendment 1, dated June 2007, under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.

(2) On March 23, 2007 (72 FR 7559, February 16, 2007), the Director of the Federal Register previously approved the incorporation by reference of EADS SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70-131, dated July 2005.

(3) For service information identified in this AD, contact EADS SOCATA, Direction des Services, 65921 Tarbes Cedex 9, France; telephone: 33 (0)5 62 41 73 00; fax: 33 (0)5 62 41 76 54; or SOCATA Aircraft, Inc., North Perry Airport, 7501 South Airport Rd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33023; telephone: (954) 893-1400; fax: (954) 964-4141.

(4) You may review copies at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Regional Counsel, 901 Locust, Room 506, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.