# SAIB CE-01-35: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: August 3, 2001
- Products: Piaggio P-180
- Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/52/2f/522f83033268ab3d7311248322de591b4f4fcbb0e4899dce7d9da6a352de82d9
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E2941E06C74AAE058625721F0052ECBF.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-01-35

## Text

**SPECIAL**

**AIRWORTHINESS**

**INFORMATION**

BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration No. CE-01-35 August 3, 2001 We post SAIBs on the internet at "av-info.faa.gov" This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.

Introduction This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, an owner or operator of the Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. (Avanti) P-180 aircraft (serial numbers 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035 and 1045), of an overheating concern on the air conditioning unit. These aircraft are equipped with the compressor/ condenser unit P/N 2087.0101 manufactured by Progres S.R.L. Piaggio Aero Industries S.P.A. issued Alert Service Bulletin ASB-80-0133 dated September 19, 2000, to correct this problem.

Background The Italian Airworthiness Authority, Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC-RAI), issued AD 2000- 456 dated September 28, 2000, against the Piaggio P-180. The RAI AD requires owners or operators comply with Piaggio Alert Service Bulletin ASB-80-0133 before further flight of the effective date of the RAI AD which is October 7, 2000.

The airworthiness concern is that the freon air conditioner compressor/condenser unit electrical motor has had several failures that have caused overheating and the protecting devices did not operate.

Recommendation We are recommending, but not requiring, that owners or operators of Piaggio Avanti P-180 aircraft with serial numbers 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035 and 1045 accomplish Piaggio Alert Service Bulletin ASB-80-0133 as soon as possible.

For Further Information Contact Doug Rudolph, FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, ACE 112, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106, telephone (816) 329-4059, fax (816) 329-4090.

You can obtain copies of Piaggio Alert Service Bulletin ASB-80-0133 from Piaggio Aero Industries S.P.A., Via Cibrario 4; I-16154 Genova Sestri P.; Italy; telephone 39 010 648 11; fax 39 010 648 1234.

## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs)

Registry models matched by make and model, the same way as ADs, most registered aircraft first.

- [Piaggio Aero Industries P180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-aero-industries-p180): 51 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piaggio P180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p180): 50 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piaggio Aero Industries P180 AVANTI II](https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-aero-industries-p180-avanti-ii): 6 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Iam Piaggio S P A P-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/iam-piaggio-s-p-a-p-180): 2 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piaggio Aero Industries S P A P180 AVANTI](https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-aero-industries-s-p-a-p180-avanti): 1 registered aircraft (airframe model)

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