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AD 67-25-06 ACTIVE

Oil Cooler Hoses
Key Information
AD Number 67-25-06 Status Active
Effective Date October 27, 1967 Issue Date October 16, 1967
Docket Number Unknown Amendment 39-469
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section --- - _EMPTY_
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Piper Aircraft Inc.
Model(s) PA-31
Regulatory Text

67-25-06 PIPER: Amdt. No. 39-469, Part 39, Federal Register September 1, 1967. Applies to Piper Type PA-31 Aircraft Serial Numbers 31-2 to 31-29 inclusive; 31-31 to 31-38 inclusive; 31-40 to 31-45 inclusive; 31-48, 31-54.

Compliance required as indicated unless already accomplished.

Prior to next flight and every five hours time in service thereafter, until Piper replacement kit P/N 757-167 is installed; inspect oil cooler hoses P/N 41230-09 and P/N 41230-12 on each engine as follows:

(a) Remove the hoses.

(b) Cut steel bands which hold fire sleeve on hoses.

(c) Remove fire sleeve and inspect hoses for broken strands of metal braid, stiffness, or discoloration. If broken strands of metal braid, stiffness, or discoloration are noted replace with new part. If none of the aforementioned defects are noted reinstall fire sleeve on hose using stainless steel safety wire in place of bands and thoroughly clean interior of hoses before reinstalling.

(d) Hoses must be routed and clamped to provide maximum clearance from all exhaust system parts.

Piper Service Bulletin No. 254 dated August 17, 1967.

Piper Aircraft telegram dated August 4, 1967 and Federal Aviation Administration telegram of August 7, 1967 referencing oil cooler hoses on PA-31 aircraft covers this same subject.

This amendment effective September 1, 1967.

Revised October 27, 1967.

Office of Primary Responsibility
["AIR-720: Operational Safety Branch"]