# SAIB CE-04-80: 

- Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory)
- Status: Current
- Revision: 0
- Issued: August 27, 2004
- Products: Extra Fluegzeugproduktions-und Vertriebs-GmbH EA-400
- Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane
- PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/87/15/8715dbfa92b2366aafa6a1444936cf7931eaf47f8b0f15c2cbaf2402cc4616a3
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/57712E0394A994AD8625721F0052EB8C.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-04-80

## Text

**SPECIAL**

**AIRWORTHINESS**

**INFORMATION**

**BULLETIN**

Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

CE-04-80 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 model EA-400 airplanes, of the need to review the service bulletin (SB) listed below.

Background

We conducted a review of the specified Extra airplane SB. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the 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 SB identified in this document was not considered appropriate for AD action at this time;

however, we strongly recommend that all operators of the Extra EA-400 airplanes review their compliance of the SB listed below.

Service Bulletin No. Date Title Models Affected SB-400-2-04 7/15/04 Main hydrau lic retraction actuator of the nose landing gear EA-400

You can obtain the SB 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

## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs)

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

- [Extra Flugzeugbau EA-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/extra-flugzeugbau-ea-400): 10 registered aircraft (airframe model)

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