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AD 63-22-04 ACTIVE

Main Landing Gear Shock Absorber
Key Information
AD Number 63-22-04 Status Active
Effective Date December 02, 1963 Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche
Model(s) P.166
Regulatory Text

63-22-04 PIAGGIO: Amdt. 635 Part 507 Federal Register October 30, 1963. Applies to All Model P.166 Aircraft.

Compliance required within 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD.

As a result of failures of the main landing gear shock absorber the following modifications must be accomplished in the manner specified in Piaggio Service Bulletin 166- 25A.

(a) Install Teflon sealing gasket P/N 4/22015.52 on inner ring nut of shock absorber casing.

(b) Replace light alloy piston bottom with steel P/N 4/22015.55.

(c) Replace the present ring nut with P/N 4/22015.56.

(d) Shock absorbers modified as specified herein shall have a letter "D" placed on the nameplate.

(e) Shock absorbers modified as specified herein shall be overhauled every 1,200 hours' time in service or every 2 years, whichever occurs first.

This directive effective December 2, 1963