SAIB CE-03-14

SPECIAL

AIRWORTHINESS

INFORMATION

BULLETIN Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration CE-03-14 December 31, 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 Extra Model EA 300S, EA 300L and EA 300/200 airplanes, of the need to review the service bulletin listed below.

Background The FAA conducted a review of the specified Extra airplane service bulletin. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the service bulletin to determine the continued airworthiness safety aspect.

The options considered by the FAA included: mandated compliance by initiation of a FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD), various forms of notices, or no further action required.

Recommendations The service bulletin identified in this document was not considered appropriate for AD action at this time, however, the FAA strongly suggests that all operators of the specified Extra Model airplanes review their compliance of the service bulletins listed below.

Service Bulletin No. DATE TITLE (Model Affected) SB 300-09-02 09/19/02 Fuel Selector Valve Leakage, Models 300S, EA 300L and EA 300/200, (it is the FAA's determination that the model listed as "EA 200" on this service bulletin is an error and should be the Model EA 300/200.)

The Service Bulletins Can Be Obtained From Extra Fluegzeugbau GmbH, Flugplatz Dinslaken, Schwarze Heide 21, D-46569 Hünxe, Germany;

phone: 011-49-2858-9137-0 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) 329-4091; email: karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov.