| AD Number | 78-02-01 | Status | Active |
| Effective Date | May 09, 1979 | Issue Date | April 25, 1979 |
| Docket Number | Unknown | Amendment | 39-3460 |
| Product Type | ["Aircraft"] | Product Subtype | ["Small Airplane"] |
| CFR Part | --- - Part 39 | CFR Section | --- - _EMPTY_ |
| Citation | This information is not available. | ||
| Manufacturer(s) | Piper Aircraft Inc. |
| Model(s) | PA-31T PA-31T1 |
78-02-01 PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION: Amendment 39-3124 as amended by amendment 39-3460. Applies to model PA-31T airplanes, serial numbers 31T-7400002 through 31T-7820077, and Model PA-31T1 airplanes, serial numbers 31T-7804001 through 31T-780-4006, certificated in all categories. Compliance required within the next fifty hours in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
(a) To preclude possible failure of the main landing gear actuating cylinder rod end bearing assemblies, accomplish the inspection and replacement where required, described in the "Instruction" portion of Piper Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin No. 57A, dated August 30, 1978.
(b) Equivalent alterations or methods of compliance must be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region.
(c) Upon submission of substantiating data by an owner or operator, through an FAA maintenance inspector, the compliance time specified in this AD may be adjusted by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region.
Amendment 39-3124 was effective January 18, 1978.
This amendment 39-3460 is effective May 9, 1979.