92-20-02 FOKKER: Amendment 39-8376. Docket No. 92-NM-70-AD.
Applicability: Model F28 Mark 0100 series airplanes; serial numbers 11290, 11296, 11298, 11299, 11301, 11306, 11308, 11310, and 11313; certificated in any category.
Compliance: Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously.
To prevent structural damage to the wing, empennage, or an engine, caused by loss of the radome during flight or ground operations, accomplish the following:
(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of the AD, replace the currently installed blind bolts that attach the latch brackets to the radome with new bolts, in accordance with Fokker Service Bulletin SBF100-53-067, dated July 1, 1991.
(b) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used if approved by the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate. Operators shall submit their requests through anappropriate FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Standardization Branch.
NOTE: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Standardization Branch.
(c) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.
(d) The replacement shall be done in accordance with Fokker Service Bulletin SBF100-53- 067, dated July 1, 1991. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from Fokker Aircraft USA, Inc., 1199 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
(e) This amendment becomes effective on December 14, 1992.