# SAIB ACE-99-27: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: June 30, 1999
- Products: SOCATA GY. 80
- Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/04/db/04dbe48471051dc063007b77c09fe690d43817b18271178675b267e1234927aa
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/8301616EF5B07DC28625721F0052EC37.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/ACE-99-27

## 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-99-27 June 30, 1999

Published by: FAA, AFS-610, P.O. Box 26460, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 SAIB’s are posted on the internet at http://av-info.faa.gov This is issued for informational purposes only and any recommendation for corrective action is not mandatory.

Introduction:

The purpose of this Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin is to advise owners/operators of SOCATA GY.80 (formerly Sud Aviation GY.80) series airplanes of the need to review the service bulletins listed below.

Background:

The Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certificati on Service, of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a review of specified SOCATA Model GY.80 airplane service information. The purpose of the review was to evaluate each service bulletin to determine the continued airworthiness safe ty aspect. The options considered by the FAA included: mandated compliance by initiation of a FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD), various forms of notices, or no further action required.

Recommendations:

The service bulletins identified in this document were not considered appropriate for AD action at this time, however, the FAA strongly suggests that all owners/operators of the SOCATA Model GY.80 Model airplanes review their compliance with the service information listed below.

Service Information Note DATE TITLE 9/64 7/30/64 Fuel System -- Wing LE Fuel Tank sticking check valve

Service Bulletin Number DATE TITLE 20 10/8/65 Addition of an auxiliary link to the flap control in line with rib "0" 22 8/30/66 RH exhaust gas silencer 26 3/15/67 Landing gear actuating cylinder 28 11/15/67 Fuel system 30 10/69 Blade failure on Sensenich propeller M 76 MM 31/1 6/70 Untimely landing gear retraction 32 2/71 Fuel system 34 1/72 Front seats 35 11/73 Gimbal joints of aileron and elevator control 37 11/78 Union on crankcase of the oil pipe from engine to propeller governor 39 3/90 Electric fuel pump 41 1/91 Engine air inlet filter

The service bulletins can be obtained from:

SOCATA Groupe Aerospatiale, Boîte Postale 930, 65009 Tarbes Cedex, France.

For Further Information Contact:

Karl Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer , FAA, Project Support Branch (ACE- 112), Small Airplane Directorate, 1201 Walnut, Suite 900, Kansas C ity, Missouri 64106; tele: (816) 426-6932; fax (816) 426-2169; email:

karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov.

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