# SAIB CE-04-19: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: November 14, 2003
- Products: SOCATA TBM 700
- Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/75/a7/75a794ad325acd457793ee1b85656d17f5dc00d6a014c89a521493b3292783a1
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/AA41419B7BCCCE9F8625721F0052EB3E.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-04-19

## Text

**SPECIAL**

**AIRWORTHINESS**

**INFORMATION**

**BULLETIN**

Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

No. CE-04-19 November 14, 2003 www.faa.gov - Search "SAIBs" This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerts you, owners and operators of SOCATA Model TBM 700 airplanes, that SOCATA has issued Service Bulletin (SB) No. SB 70-099, titled “Engine Draining in Exhaust Stub”, dated April 2003. It concerns possible discharge of drained fuel into the oil cooler air inlet duct.

Background

The French DGAC hasn’t issued an Airworthiness Directive on this SB. SOCATA listed the SB as “Recommended” for aircraft serial numbers 216-232, 234-236, 238, 239, and 241-243.

Recommendation

We recommend that you accomplish the inspections per the required compliance time stated in the SB.

For Further Information Contact

Gunnar Berg, Aerospace Engineer, FAA Small Airplane Directorate, ACE-112, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106. Telephone: (816)-329-4059, Fax: (816)-329-4090; email:

gunnar.berg@faa.gov

Contact SOCATA for copies of the SB at EADS SOCATA, Direction des Services, 65921 Tarbes Cedex 9, France; phone: 33 (0) 5 62.41.73.00; fax: 33 (0) 5 62.41.76.54; telex: 532 835 F.

Internet Connection

For Internet downloads, of SOCATA SB go to http://www.socata.eads.net ;highlight SUPPORT; click on ONLINE DOCS; fill out first name, last name, country, and your e-mail address; click on CONTINUE.

The SOCATA Users Group Organization go to http://socata.org/ and click on RESOURCES. Select Online SB or SL Index from there select the SB or SL that you need for your make and model airplane.

## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs)

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

- [Socata TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tbm-700): 643 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Compagnie Daher TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/compagnie-daher-tbm-700): 314 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Daher TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/daher-tbm-700): 31 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [EADS Socata TBM 700](https://openairdocs.org/model/eads-socata-tbm-700): 12 registered aircraft (airframe model)
- [Compagnie Daher TBM-700 C1](https://openairdocs.org/model/compagnie-daher-tbm-700-c1): 0 registered aircraft (airframe model)

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