75-23-04 MOONEY: Amendment 39-2415. Applies to all Mooney Model M20 series airplanes equipped with Mooney Electric Gear Systems incorporating a Dukes electric landing gear actuator, P/N 4196-00-1C.
Compliance required within the next 25 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished within the last 75 hours time in service, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed the time in service from the last inspection specified in Paragraphs (a) and (b).
To prevent further failures of the electric landing gear actuator, Dukes P/N 4196-00-1C, accomplish the following:
(a) Within the next 25 hours time in service, accomplish Parts I and III, and thereafter at every 200 hours time in service, accomplish Part I of Mooney Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin M20-190, dated January 16, 1975, or later FAA approved revision, or by an equivalent procedure approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.
(b) Within the next 25 hours time in service, and thereafter at every 100 hours time in service, accomplish Part II of Mooney Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin M20-190 dated January 16, 1975, or later FAA approved revision, or by an equivalent procedure approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.
The manufacturer's specifications and procedures identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made a part hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 522(a)(1). All persons affected by this directive who have not already received this document from the manufacturer may obtain a copy upon request to Mooney Aircraft Corporation, P. O. Box 72, Kerrville, Texas 78028. This document may also be examined at the office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, FAA, 4400 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, Texas, and at FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. A historical file on this AD, which includes the incorporated material in full, is maintained by the FAA at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Southwest Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas.
This amendment becomes effective on December 8, 1975.