# AD 83-15-03: Propane Jet Modification

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Sundance Balloons AX-6
- Effective: August 4, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Balloon
- Amendment: 39-4694
- Registered aircraft: 14 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/16DB7F48C300301186256A4E00537BA3.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-15-03

## The airworthiness directive

83-15-03 PICCARD: Amendment 39-4694. Applies to Model AX-6 balloons certificated in any category.

Compliance: Within the next 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To reduce the time for pilot light extinguishment after shutoff and prevent damage to main fuel systems modified per General Balloon Corporation Service Letter No. 8 or AD 82-13- 02, accomplish the following:

a) Modify P/Ns 5041-X10, 8201-23 or GBC 156 propane jet by drilling out the orifice with a #65 drill (.035 inch diameter) in accordance with Don Piccard Balloons, Inc., Service Letter No. 9 dated May 10, 1983.

NOTE: The X in P/N 5041-X10 is a shaded square and is part of the part number.

b) If blast valve handle P/N 5041-7 is installed, modify or replace with a P/N PSP 608 handle per Don Piccard Balloon Corporation Service Letter No. 10 dated May 10, 1983.

c) If a main fuel quick-shutoff valve is installed, either remove in its entirety or modify the installation in accordance with Don Piccard Balloons, Inc., Service Letter No. 10 dated May 10, 1983.

d) An equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Chicago Aircraft Certification Office, ACE-115C, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 232, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018; telephone (312) 694-7357.

This AD supersedes AD 82-13-02, Amendment 39-4406. This amendment becomes effective on August 4, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A18WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A18WE): JR Aerosports Ltd.; names 1 of 1 models: AX-6

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 14 (14 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piccard 11, General Balloon 2, Eagle Balloons 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piccard AX-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-6): 11 aircraft (airframe model)
- [General Balloon AX-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/general-balloon-ax-6): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Eagle Balloons MARK V-B AX-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-balloons-mark-v-b-ax-6): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-15-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-15-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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