AD 63-22-04

Airworthiness directive · Main Landing Gear Shock Absorber · Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche P.166

Effective
December 2, 1963
Model
P.166
Data sheet
TCDS7A4
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed May 30, 2024.

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The airworthiness directive

63-22-04 PIAGGIO: Amdt. 635 Part 507 Federal Register October 30, 1963. Applies to All Model P.166 Aircraft.

Compliance required within 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD.

As a result of failures of the main landing gear shock absorber the following modifications must be accomplished in the manner specified in Piaggio Service Bulletin 166- 25A.

(a) Install Teflon sealing gasket P/N 4/22015.52 on inner ring nut of shock absorber casing.

(b) Replace light alloy piston bottom with steel P/N 4/22015.55.

(c) Replace the present ring nut with P/N 4/22015.56.

(d) Shock absorbers modified as specified herein shall have a letter "D" placed on the nameplate.

(e) Shock absorbers modified as specified herein shall be overhauled every 1,200 hours' time in service or every 2 years, whichever occurs first.

This directive effective December 2, 1963

Affected TCDS · 1

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft

No registered aircraft matched this AD’s modelsForeign aircraft aren’t included, and ADs on propellers and appliances aren’t matched by model.