# SAIB CE-05-35: - Type: Special airworthiness information bulletin (advisory, not mandatory) - Status: Current - Revision: 0 - Issued: March 4, 2005 - Products: Cessna Aircraft Company, The 402C and 414A - Product type: Aircraft, Small Airplane - PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/40/1e/401e85ac62be74746ba06ca0b6336be1555786f05bdc05ac960c34c1ebfdb021 - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/C89A1780FF7006378625721F0052EC97.0001 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-05-35 ## Text Some pages are OCR from the scanned FAA bulletin. OCR can misread letters and numbers. **SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS** **INFORMATION BULLETIN** Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration CE-05-35 March 4, 2005 www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory. Introduction This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) informs you, registered owners and operators of Cessna Models 402C and 414A airplanes, of an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) to FAA’s Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-05-52. This AMOC allows you to do an alternative inspection at different compliance times for a specified time period. The AMOC There is a limited availability of equipment (reference standard) necessary to do the eddy current inspection required by emergency AD 2005-05-52. If your airplane is required to have eddy current inspection of the forward spar, you may delay the initial inspection as presented in the attached letter. NOTE: The location of the nearest service center where you may order the reference standard may be found at http://customer.cessna.com/se/locator.chtml. The AMOC is detailed in and approved through FAA letter, dated March 4, 2005. A copy is attached. For Further Information Contact Paul Nguyen, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone: (316) 946-4125; facsimile: (316) 946-4107; e-mail: paul.nguyen@faa.gov U.S. Department Small Airplane Directorate of Transportation Wichita Aircraft Certification Office Federal Aviation 1801 Airport Road, Room 100 Administration Wichita, Kansas 67209 March 4, 2005 To: Directorate ID 2005-CE-07-AD; Docket FAA-2005-20513 Subject: Alternative Method Of Compliance (AMOC) Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-05-52 The Approval This letter is issued to approve an alternative method of compliance to AD 2005-05-52, which applies to The Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 402C and 414A airplanes. For Additional Information: Contact Paul Nguyen, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 1801 Airport Road, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209; telephone: (316) 946- 4125; facsimile: (316) 946-4107; e-mail: paul.nguyen@faa.gov. The AMOC There is a limited availability of equipment (reference standard) necessary to do the eddy current inspection required by emergency AD 2005-05-52. If your airplane is required to have eddy current inspection of the forward spar, you may delay the initial inspection as follows: I ... Then ... When ... AD 2005-05-52 You may delay the initial eddy At the first inspection requires an initial eddy current inspection provided required by AD 2005-05-52, current inspection of you visually inspect the and thereafter at intervals not the forward wing spar forward, aft, and auxiliary to exceed 15 hours TIS. and equipment is not spars using the service available to do that information in AD 2005-05- inspection. 52. You must have documentation that the equipment is on order with Cessna. Page 2 If .. Then ... When ... You delayed the initial 1. You must do the above- 1. Every 15 hours TIS until eddy current referenced AMOC repetitive you receive the equipment inspection. visual inspections. (eddy current reference standard) from Cessna. 2. You must do the initial 2. At the next scheduled eddy current inspection. visual inspection per this AMOC after whichever of the following occurs first: • You receive the equipment from Cessna; or • Prior to further flight after April 2, 2005. You have done the You must reinspect per AD At intervals not to exceed initial eddy current 2005-05-52. This AMOC does 100 hours TIS per AD 2005- inspections of the front not apply to repetitive 05-52. spar. inspections after the initial eddy current is done. If choosing to use this AMOC, you should insert a copy of this letter in your logbook and/or maintenance records. NOTE: The location of the nearest service center where you may order the reference standard may be found at http://customer.cessna.com/se/locator.chtml. Sincerely, Eual M. Conditt, Jr. Associate ACO Manager, Airframe & Services Wichita Aircraft Certification Office 3 ## Registered aircraft it may concern (OpenAirDocs) Registry models matched by make and model, the same way as ADs, most registered aircraft first. - [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a): 363 registered aircraft (airframe model) - [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c): 115 registered aircraft (airframe model) --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.