AD 77-18-05

77-18-05 SWEARINGEN : Amendment 39-3030. Applies to all Model SA226T, -AT, and -TC airplanes incorporating a variable authority nose wheel steering system which utilizes a Talley P/N 1399T100-5 or -7 actuator.

Compliance required within the next 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To assure the variable authority nose gear steering system will not jeopardize the safe operation of a Model SA226T, -AT, or -TC airplane, it should be disabled in accordance with Swearingen Aviation Corporation Service Bulletin SB 32-012, dated June 20, 1977, or later FAA approved revision, or an equivalent procedure approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.

The manufacturer's instructions identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made a part hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). All persons affected by this directive who have not already received the referenced document from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Swearingen Aviation Corporation, P. O. Box 32486, San Antonio, Texas 78284. The document may also be examined at the Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, FAA, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas, and at FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. A historical file on this AD, which includes the incorporated material in full, is maintained by the FAA at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Southwest Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas.

This amendment becomes effective September 12, 1977.