SAIB CE-02-36

SPECIAL

AIRWORTHINESS

INFORMATION

BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration No. CE-02-36 July 9, 2002 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) advises you, owners and operators of Dornier Do 27 Q-6 model airplanes, of issuance of Dornier Service Bulletin (SB) SB-1141-0000.

Background The FAA conducted a review of specified Dornier Do 27 series airplanes service bulletins. The purpose of the review was to evaluate each service bulletin to determine the continued airworthiness safety aspect.

Options included: Mandated compliance by initiation of a FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD), various forms of notices, or no further action required.

Owners/operators of Dornier Do 27 Q-6 model airplanes should also note that there have been Airworthiness Directives issued against these airplanes concerning other safety issues.

There are also Dornier Do 27 model airplanes that are not type certificated. As the design of the certificated and non-certificated models may be similar, it is possible that identical problems could occur in the non-type-certificated models of the Do 27 airplanes.

Recommendations The service bulletin identified in this document is not considered appropriate for AD action at this time;

however, the FAA strongly suggests that all owners/operators of the Dornier Do 27 series airplanes review their compliance with the service bulletin listed below.

Dornier Do 27 Airplane Series Service Bulletin Number

MODEL DATE TITLE SB-1141-0000 Do 27, all series June 12, 2002 Inspection of Fuel Lines and Control Cables The Service Bulletin Can Be Obtained From Fairchild Dornier GmbH, PO Box 1103, D-82230 Wessling, Germany; Phone: (011) 49 81 53-30 0; Fax:

(011) 49 81 53-30 29 01; www.fairchilddornier.com 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