90-02-01 BRITISH AEROSPACE: Amendment 39-6460. Docket No. 89-NM-255-AD.
Applicability: Model BAe-146 series airplanes, Serial Numbers up to and including E3125, equipped with a rear left modular toilet (BAe Modifications HCM00344A and HCM30102C), certificated in any category.
Compliance: Required as indicated, unless previously accomplished.
To prevent damage to or jamming of the flight controls, accomplish the following:
A. Within 14 days after the effective date of this AD, perform an inspection of the elevator control cables and the water pipe assembly in the vicinity of Frames 42 and 44, in accordance with British Aerospace Service Bulletin 27-A105, dated November 7, 1989.
1. If chafing or damage is found, repair and modify prior to further flight, in accordance with the service bulletin.
2. If the clearance between the water pipe assembly and the elevator control cable is not greater than 0.25 inch, modify within 60 days after the effective date of this AD, in accordance with the service bulletin.
B. Repeat the procedures required by paragraph A., above, whenever a rear left-hand modular toilet is removed and reinstalled.
C. An alternate means of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time, which provides an acceptable level of safety, may be used when approved by the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113, FAA, Northwest Mountain Region.
NOTE: The request should be forwarded through an FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI), who will either concur or comment and then send it to the Manager, Standardization Branch, ANM-113.
D. Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate airplanes to a base in order to comply with the requirements of this AD.
All persons affected by this directive who have not already received the appropriate service information from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to British Aerospace, PLC, Librarian for ServiceBulletins, P.O. Box 17414, Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C. 20041. This information may be examined at the FAA, Northwest Mountain Region, Transport Airplane Directorate, 17900 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington, or the Standardization Branch, 9010 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington.
This amendment (39-6460, AD 90-02-01) becomes effective on January 22, 1990.