Summary
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain SOCATA--Groupe Aerospatiale (SOCATA) Model TBM 700 airplanes. The proposed AD would require you to install a thermal protection sleeve on the propeller governor flexible cable. The proposed AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the airworthiness authority for France. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent loss of propeller control because of hardening or blocking of the control cable, which could result in the inability to control propeller pitch and inability to feather the propeller. Such failure could lead to loss of airplane control.