SAIB CE-07-04

SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Aircraft Certification Service Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

CE-07-04 October 18, 2006 http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/ This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction

This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin advises you of an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) for Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-12-09, which applies to Grob Model G120A airplanes.

Background

Due to recurring cracks in the landing gear, Grob issued service bulletin MSB1121-055 to require inspections of the affected areas.

The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA), which is the German airworthiness authority, issued German AD AD-2004-514 concerning this issue with subsequent European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) AD 2004-12065.

Grob revised this service bulletin to MSB1121-055/1, which provides a part of new design that, when installed, could eliminate the need for the recurring inspections called in the original service bulletin and FAA AD 2005-

12-09.

Recommendation

It is recommended that, if possible, you do the modification in Grob Service Bulletin MSB1121-055/1 as terminating action for the repetitive inspections required by AD 2005-

12-09.

The FAA letter that announces this replacement as an AMOC to the repetitive inspection requirement of AD 2005-12-09 is included in the docket and may be found at http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple .cfm. Enter “20589” in the Search block.

For Further Information Contact

Karl Schletzbaum, Project Officer FAA Small Airplane Directorate 901 Locust Street, Room 301 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Phone: (816) 329-4146 Fax: (816) 329-4090 Email: karl.schletzbaum@faa.gov

Grob-Werke can be contacted at:

Burkhart Grob Luft- und Raumfahrt GmbH & Co. KG (Product Support) Lettenbachstasse 9 D-86874 Tussenhausen-Mattsies Germany Email: productsupport@grob-aerospace.de