# SAIB ACE-98-28: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: April 24, 1998
- Products: SIAI Marchetti S205 & S208
- Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/ae/11/ae11ec73952accb75215d18fcb89ccfcf684b5d45a41737fd0c3580c631e57f3
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/6BCCECA88E0A37F48625721F0052EC52.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/ACE-98-28

## Text

**SPECIAL**

**AIRWORTHINESS**

**INFORMATION**

**BULLETIN**

**AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION SERVICE 800 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, S.W.**

**WASHINGTON, DC 20591**

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

No. ACE-98-28 April 24, 1998

Published by: FAA, AFS-610, P.O. Box 26460, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 This is issued for informational purposes only and any recommendation for corrective action is not mandatory.

Introduction The purpose of this Special Airworthiness Informa tion Bulletin is to advice owners/operators of SIAI Marchetti S205 and S208 series aircraft of the need to review the service bulletins listed below.

Background The Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Ce rtification Service, of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a review of specified SIAI Marchetti airplane service bulletins.

The purpose of the review was to evaluate each service bulletin to determine the continued airworthiness safety aspect. The options cons idered by the FAA included: mandated compliance by initiation of an FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD), various forms of notices, or no further action required.

Recommendation The service bulletins identified in this document we re not considered appropriate for AD action at this time, however, the FAA strongly suggests th at all owners/operators of the specified SIAI Marchetti S205 and S208 series aircraft re view their compliance of the service bulletins listed below.

Service Bulletin No. Date Title 205B48 Rev. F October 7, 1977 Inspection of Main Landing Gear Assembly 205B49 Rev B May 28, 1993 Cracking of Main Landing Gear Dampers 205-SB-061 December 1, 1997 Periodic inspections of sheaths protecting engine control cables

The Service Bulletin Information can be Obtained From:

SIAI Marchetti Via Indipenenzia 2 21018 Varese - ITALY

For Further Information Contact:

Dave Keenan, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Project Support Branch (ACE-112), Small Airplane Directorate, 601 East 12 Street, Kansas C ity, Missouri, 64106; telephone: (816) 426-6934;

facsimile: (816) 426-2169.

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