SAIB CE-01-09

SPECIAL

AIRWORTHINESS

INFORMATION

BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration No. CE-01-09 December 19, 2000 We post SAIBs on the internet at "av-info.faa.gov" This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.

Introduction We are issuing this Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) to you, an owner or operator of S.N. CENTRAIR 101, 101A, 101P, and 101AP series sailplanes to clarify Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000-24-23.

General Information We issued AD 2000-24-23 on December 11, 2000. AD 2000-24-23 is very similar to AD 98-19-14 (issued September 15, 1998.) AD 98-19-14 allowed you to obtain a repair scheme from the FAA if you found cracks during the inspection. This was listed as an option based on the lack of parts availability for U.S. owner/operators from the manufacturer. Since AD 98-19-14 was issued, CENTRAIR has agreed to sell parts to U.S. owner operators, especially for continued airworthiness issues.

Clarification If you have already replaced the suspect parts called out in AD 98-19-14, compliance with AD 2000-24-23 has been accomplished.

For Technical Information Concerning This Safety Issue Contact S.N. CENTRAIR, Aerodome - 36300 Le Blanc, FRANCE; telephone 02.54.37.07.96;

fax 02.54.37.48.64.

For Further Information Contact Mike Kiesov, Aerospace Engineer/Pilot, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone (816) 329-4144; fax (816) 329-4090; email: mike.kiesov@faa.gov.