AD 93-03-02

93-03-02 BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION: Amendment 39-8501; Docket No. 93-CE-09-AD.

Applicability: The following model and serial number airplanes equipped with a Bendix/King KLN-88 Loran receiver system, certificated in any category:

Models Serial Numbers F33A CE-1620, CE-1640, CE-1655, CE-1659, CE-1662, CE-1680, CE-1682, and CE-1693 A36 E-2563, E-2564, E-2575, E-2582, E-2599, E-2604, E-2614, E-2631, E-2633, E-2643, E-2645, E-2650, E-2660, E-2664, E-2673, E-2675, E-2680, E-2681, E-2688, E-2690, E-2693, E-2695, E-2698, E-2711, E-2727, E-2728, E-2737, E-2738, E-2743, E-2746, and E-2752. B36TC EA-515, EA-516, EA-519, EA-522, EA-524, and EA-529. 58 TH-1581, TH-1588, TH-1592, TH-1597, TH-1598, TH-1599, TH-1600, TH-1602, TH-1612, TH-1616, TH-1621, TH-1623, TH-1627, TH-1628, TH-1632, TH-1633, TH-1640, TH-1642, TH-1646, TH-1650, TH-1651, TH-1653, TH-1661, TH-1663, TH-1668, TH-1672, and TH-1673.

Compliance: Required within the next 50 hourstime-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent the display of a Loran lateral deviation signal when the instrument landing system localizer frequency is selected, which could result in navigational errors, accomplish the following:

(a) Modify the wiring configuration of the switching system between the Bendix/King KLN-88 Loran receiver system and the instrument landing system localizer in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section of Beech Service Bulletin No. 2496, dated January 1993.

(b) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.

(c) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an equivalent level of safety may be approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Wichita, Kansas 67209. The request shall be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and send it to the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office.

NOTE: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Wichita Aircraft Certification Office.

(d) The modification required by this AD shall be done in accordance with Beech Service Bulletin No. 2496, dated January 1993. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from the Beech Aircraft Corporation, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.

(e) This amendment (39-8501) becomes effective on March 12, 1993.