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SPECIAL
AIRWORTHINESS
INFORMATION
BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration No. CE-01-18R1 November 1, 2002 We post SAIBs on the internet at "av-info.faa.gov" This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.
Introduction This revised Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) advises you, an owner or operator of Dornier 228 series airplanes of the need to review the service bulletins (SBs) listed below. This revision adds additional service information and updates some existing information.
Background The FAA's Small Airplane Directorate conducted a review of specified Dornier 228 series airplanes SBs.
The purpose of the review was to evaluate each SB to determine the continued airworthiness safety aspect. The FAA considered options including: issuing an Airworthiness Directive (AD) requiring mandated compliance, various forms of notices, or no further action required.
You should also note that there have been ADs issued against these airplanes concerning other safety issues.
Recommendation The SBs identified in this document are not considered appropriate for AD action at this time. However, the FAA strongly suggests that all owners/operators of the Dornier 228 series airplanes review their compliance with the SBs listed below.
Dornier 228 Airplane Series Service Bulletin Number
MODEL DATE TITLE AOT-228-25-23 228-100/-101/-200/-201/-202/-212 8/00 Equipment/Furnishings- Cracks on Passenger Seats SB 228-236 228-212 1/01 Landing Gear-Brake Assembly (Carbon Brake) SB 228-238 228-100/-101/-200/-201/-202/-212 1/01 Center Fuselage MLG- Support Inspection of L- Section for corrosion SB 228-239 R2 228-101/-201/-202/-212 7/01 Seats-Operator's Seat Inspection SB 228-240 228-100/-101/-201/-202/-212 5/01 Equipment/Furnishings- Cracks on Passenger Seats Note that the previously listed SB 228-236 is now the subject of FAA AD 2001-25-09.
2 The Service Bulletins Can Be Obtained From Fairchild Dornier GmbH, PO Box 11 03, D-82230 Wessling, Germany; Phone: (011) 49 81 53-30 0; Fax:
(011) 49 81 53-30 29 01 For Further Information Contact Karl M. Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Project Support Branch (ACE-112), Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329-4146;
fax: (816) 329-4090; email: karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov