91-05-07 PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN (PBN): Amendment 39-6891. Docket No. 90-CE-32-AD.
Applicability: Model BN-2T Turbine Islander airplanes (all serial numbers), certificated in any category, that do not have PBN Modification Number NB/M/1415 incorporated.
Compliance: Required within the next 200 hours time-in-service (TIS) after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
To ensure the ability to restart the engines in flight if an undetected circuit breaker trip does occur, accomplish the following:
(a) Modify the airplane electrical system in accordance with the instructions in PBN Service Bulletin BN2/SB 194, dated April 11, 1990.
(b) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.
(c) An alternate method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an equivalent level of safety may be approved bythe Manager, Brussels Aircraft Certification Staff, FAA, Europe, Africa, and Middle East Office, c/o American Embassy, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. The request should be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Brussels Aircraft Certification Staff.
(d) All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the document referred to herein upon request to Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited, Bembridge Airport, Isle of Wight, PO36 5PR, England; or may examine this document at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
This amendment (39-6891, AD 91-05-07) becomes effective on March 25, 1991.