SAIB CE-04-79

SPECIAL

AIRWORTHINESS

INFORMATION

BULLETIN

Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

CE-04-79 August 27, 2004 www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerts you, owners and operators of Extra Fluegzeugproduktions-und Vertriebs-GmbH models EA-300, EA-300L, EA-300S, and EA-300/200 airplanes, of the need to review the service bulletins (SB) listed below.

Background

We conducted a review of the specified Extra airplane SBs. The purpose of the review was to evaluate each SB to determine the continued airworthiness safety aspect. We considered the following options: issuing an Airworthiness Directive (AD), various forms of notices, or no further action required.

Recommendations

The SBs identified in this document were not considered appropriate for AD action at this time;

however, we strongly recommend that all operators of the Extra EA-300L, EA-300S, and EA- 300/200 airplanes review their compliance of the SBs listed below.

Service Bulletin No.

Date Title Models Affected SB-300-1-04 3/25/04 Replace fuel hose connecting center fuel tank to center tank filler neck EA-300S, EA-300L, EA-300/200 SB-300-2-04 3/09/04 Inspection of main landing gear attachment EA-300/200 SB-300-4-04 5/25/04 Bottom fuselage/firewall sealing EA-300, EA-300S, EA-300L, EA-300/200

You can obtain the SBs from: Extra Fluegzeugproduktions-und Vertriebs-GmbH, Schwartz Heide 21, D-46569 Hünxe, Germany; phone: 011-49-2858-9137-30

For Further Information Contact

Karl Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA Small Airplane Directorate, Room 301, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; phone: (816) 329-4146; fax: (816) 329-4090; email:

karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov