Tim Kitzmann

Document ID: FAA-2008-0070-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: February 25 2008, at 09:22 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: February 25 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 25 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: February 25 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 803bbcd0
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This is comment on Rule

Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12, PC-12/45, and PC-12/47 Airplanes

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Compliance with paragraph (f)(1) will be next to impossible, as written ? ?Insert unclassified document 12-A/AMP-04, . . . into the airworthiness limitations section of the FAA-approved maintenance program (e.g., maintenance manual).? Our maintenance manuals are on electronic media. Each airplane we service does not have it?s own maintenance manual. How do I show compliance with this portion of the AD? Suggestion: Only list the new overhaul and time limitations in the AD (reference similar AD 2006-08-11 where just the required replacement interval for the crew seat backrest tubes are listed). Compliance with the time limitations in the AD is mandatory; no revision to the maintenance manual is required. Question concerning the second paragraph under ?SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Discussion? ? ?These new limitations have been incorporated into the Airworthiness Limitations section of the Pilatus PC-12 Airplane Maintenance Manual (AMM) 12-A/AMP-04, chapter 4, revision 10, dated October 26, 2007.? Chapter 4 ? Airworthiness Limitations is FAA approved and compliance with the limitations is mandatory (reference 91.403(c)). If the new limitations are now in Chapter 4, is this AD even necessary??