# Proposed AD FAA-2009-0609: Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, DHC-8-103, DHC-8-106, DHC-8-201, and DHC-8-202 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2010-05-12
- Products: Bombardier
- Product type: Engine
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: July 6, 2009, 74 FR 31891
- Comments due: August 5, 2009
- Became: [AD 2010-05-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2010-05-12)
- Docket: FAA-2009-0609 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2009-0609, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2009-NM-037-AD
- FR document: E9-15810
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/2e/41/2e4105205b876b1a12b7d15aa0c66ac743f1968d96b24143ee66e1e147497555 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-06/pdf/E9-15810.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/07/06/E9-15810/airworthiness-directives-bombardier-model-dhc-8-102-dhc-8-103-dhc-8-106-dhc-8-201-and-dhc-8-202
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DA294A5A21FDA9BE862575EB0049BB36.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2009-0609

## 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:

During a puncture voltage test of the aluminum-loaded paint on an in-service DHC-8 aircraft, conducted to validate an SFAR 88 [Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 88] related task, Bombardier Aerospace (BA) discovered that the top wing fuel tank skin between Yw171.20 and Yw261.00 was painted with a non-aluminized enamel coating * * *. With this type of paint application, it is possible that, in the worst case scenario, a lightning strike could puncture the wing skin and create an ignition source in the fuel tank.

Ignition sources inside fuel tanks, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Jul 6, 2009: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E9-15810, comments due Aug 5, 2009 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/07/06/E9-15810/airworthiness-directives-bombardier-model-dhc-8-102-dhc-8-103-dhc-8-106-dhc-8-201-and-dhc-8-202)

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