# Proposed AD FAA-2008-0748: EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Comment period closed
- Products: SOCATA
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: July 8, 2008, 73 FR 38935
- Comments due: August 7, 2008
- Docket: FAA-2008-0748 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2008-0748, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2008-CE-041-AD
- FR document: E8-15461
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/14/fd/14fddaa24206e08ed9fff3c31d05e9e77311e35fcd2b31e1c6fd82bfbbb35155 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-07-08/pdf/E8-15461.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/07/08/E8-15461/airworthiness-directives-eads-socata-model-tbm-700-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/C3BAB24D0CCEE28986257481006749F0.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2008-0748

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:

It has been discovered that a risk of mechanical interference exists in the movement of the emergency landing gear by-pass selector, due to an insufficient functional gap between a floor panel attachment lug and the landing gear control button. This condition, if not corrected, causes mechanical interference which could result in a situation where, during emergency procedures, the landing gear cannot be extended.

The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Jul 8, 2008: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E8-15461, comments due Aug 7, 2008 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/07/08/E8-15461/airworthiness-directives-eads-socata-model-tbm-700-airplanes)

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