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SPECIAL
AIRWORTHINESS
INFORMATION
BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration No. CE-01-01 November 6, 2000 We post SAIBs on the internet at "av-info.faa.gov" This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.
Purpose This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, an owner or operator, of Reims/Cessna F406 airplanes, serial numbers F406-0001 thru F406-0086, of the following service bulletin:
Service Bulletin (SB) CAB00-6, dated April 17, 2000.
Title: Nose landing gear steering cable inspection and air conditioning relay modification.
Background Reims/Cessna issued SB CAB00-6 to inspect the right forward nose landing gear steering cable tension and cable damage in the area of the air conditioning relay. Non-compliance with the service bulletin could allow electrical arcing between the relay and cable. Arcing could potentially cause the nose landing gear steering cable to break and result in partial or complete loss of nose landing gear steering. The French Direction Generale De L’Aviation Civile has issued Airworthiness Directive #2000-177(A), dated May 03, 2000, requiring compliance with this SB CAB00-6.
Recommendation The FAA strongly encourages compliance with SB CAB00-6, dated April 17, 2000, French translation No. F406-41.
For Further Information Contact REIMS AVIATION, Mr. T. Kazi Aoual; Aerodrome de Reims – Prunay, BP 2745, 51062 Reims Cedex France; telephone (33) 03 26 48 46 46; fax (33) 03 26 49 13 60.
Brian Hancock, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106; telephone (816) 329-4143; fax (816) 329-4090; e-mail: brian.a.hancock@faa.gov.