Summary of Other FAA Notifications

blades, to check propeller idle RPM settings and any propeller RPM restrictions or limitations, and to adhere to the propeller RPM restrictions or limitations. We recently learned of several turboprop aircraft with engine idle speeds set within the propeller restricted RPM range, which could become a potential safety of flight issue. No. NE-07-53 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, and certificated repair facilities of any aircraft equipped with any propeller, inspected or overhauled by Desert Aircraft Blade Service (Air Agency Certificate No. D9BR993J), of potential propeller nonconformities that might exist. A field service difficulty report concerning two Hartzell Propeller Inc. model HC-92ZK-2B two-bladed propellers (S/Ns 1349F and 1350F) installed on a Piper PA-23-23 airplane. The airplane was ground run and the mechanic noted there was an unusual vibration. Revision 10 Page 5 of 8 May 09/13 Document No. Document Type Description NE-08-18 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, pilots, mechanics, and certificated repair facilities of the potential for propeller failure due to high vibratory stress induced by worn or improper engine crankshaft dampers. NE-08-19 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, pilots, mechanics, and certificated repair stations of concerns for potential propeller failures, aircraft damage, and potential loss of aircraft control for certain untested propellers installed on experimental aircraft. NE-08-20 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts owners, operators, pilots, mechanics, and certificated repair facilities of concerns for possible failures of variable pitch propellers due to inadequate propeller maintenance. NE-08-21 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, pilots, mechanics, and certificated repair facilities of the potential for propeller failures on piston engine aircraft due to prolonged operation in a restricted RPM (revolutions per minute) range as a result of inaccurate tachometers, missing or improper tachometer markings, or missing or improper instrument panel placards. NE-08-22 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, mechanics, and certificated repair stations of recommended procedures for a “propeller search inspection” or “general visual inspection” and performance of “cosmetic repairs”. Revision 10 Page 6 of 8 May 09/13 Document No. Document Type Description NE-09-48 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, (owners, operators, and certificated repair facilities) of any propeller, or any propeller component parts, repaired, inspected, or overhauled by Western Aircraft Propeller Service, Inc. (Air Agency Certificate #FQ6R544N) of potential nonconformities that might exist. We have received field service difficulty reports concerning two Hartzell Propeller, Inc. model PHC-C3YF-2UF (S/Ns EB1176 and EB1178) propellers installed on a Hawker Beechcraft Baron Model E55 airplane. We evaluated the propellers based on an owner complaint that his propellers were improperly overhauled. At this time, the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 39. Revision 10 Page 7 of 8 May 09/13 Document No. Document Type Description NE-09-48 Rev. 1 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This revised Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, owners, operators, and certificated repair facilities, of any propeller, or any propeller component parts, repaired, inspected, or overhauled by Western Aircraft Propeller Service, Inc. (WAP) (Air Agency Certificate #FQ6R544N) of a revision to SAIB NE-09-48. At this time, the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 39. Since the original SAIB was issued, WAP worked diligently to address the concerns reflected in SAIB NE-09-48 by recertifying its personnel in Non-Destructive Testing and calibrating some of its instruments. As of the date of this SAIB revision, the FAA has found that WAP is fully qualified to exercise the privileges of ts former limited ratings for McCauley 200/300/400 series threadless compact propellers and for non-destructive inspection, testing, and processing. Furthermore, the FAA has issued a limited propeller rating to WAP that recognizes WAP’s authority to use a capability list, and has revised WAP’s Operations Specifications accordingly. Capability list authority provides WAP with the immediate ability to add articles to its capability list in accordance with its FAAaccepted manual procedures. Revision 10 Page 8 of 8 May 09/13 Document No. Document Type Description CE-06-62 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you of an airworthiness concern regarding Piper Models PA-28R-200 Arrow, serial numbers 28R-35001 through 28R-35820 or 28R-7135001 through 28R-7135229; and PA-28R-200 Arrow II serial numbers 28R-7235001 through 28R-7635545 airplanes. This SAIB explains and clarifies information between the requirements of AD 2002-09-08 andPiper Service Bulletin 1164 concerning remarking of the tachometer to avoid continuous operation between 2,000 and 2,350 revolutions per minute (rpm). CE-10-21 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts operators, pilots, and aircraft manufacturers of concerns for an optimum response to a propeller overspeed in piston engine aircraft with variable pitch propellers. At this time, the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR) part 39. CE-10-25 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts type certificate, amended type certificate, and supplemental type certificate applicants of an airworthiness concern regarding the issue of fluid flammability for TKS fluid. NE-13-32 Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerts you, owners, operators, and certificated repair facilities of Piper PA-24, Piper PA-28R-180, Piper PA-28R-200, and Mooney M20( ) airplanes, except for the Mooney M20(J), equipped with Hartzell Propeller spinner assemblies, part numbers (P/N) 835-54(P) or 835-58(P), of the potential for cracking of the spinner dome which could lead to failure and liberation of the spinner.