Airworthiness Bulletins: General Advice
Airworthiness Bulletins: General Advice
An Airworthiness Bulletin (AWB) is issued to inform the aviation public, in a systematic way, of essential
information not considered mandatory. The information contained in an AWB is for information only, and
issued by CASA to disseminate information as quickly and as clearly as possible.
GENERAL ADVICE
00 - Documents / Manuals
AWB Title Effective
00-001 Issue 3 Airworthiness Bulletins 29 March 2017
00-002 Issue 2 International AOC Holder Aircraft Overseas Maintenance 28 August 2001
00-003 Issue 1 Fokker F28 070/100 (MRBD) Maintenance Review Board 5 April 2001
Document
00-004 Issue 2 Defect Reporting Service 29 March 2017
00-005 Issue 1 Depleted Uranium in Aircraft 5 April 2001
00-006 Issue 1 Micro Switch Maintenance 18 July 2001
00-007 Issue 1 Circuit Breaker Resetting Procedures - CANCELLED (Refer 26 April 2016
AWB 24-011)
00-008 Issue 1 Item 21.8 of the Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL), 14 September 2001
applicable to Beech Model 200 Series and F-90 Aircraft
00-009 Issue 1 Inappropriate Systems of Maintenance - CANCELLED 26 April 2012
00-010 Issue 1 Equivalency of Tooling and Test Equipment 4 January 2002
00-011 Issue 1 Expired Certificates of Airworthiness - CANCELLED 4 October 2016
00-012 Issue 1 Authorised Release Certificate - Form 917 - CANCELLED 5 March 2010
00-013 Issue 1 Approved Data - Agusta Bell 47G-2A1 and 47G3B1 2 April 2003
00-014 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
00-015 Issue 1 Use of NATA Approved Laboratories for Aircraft Certification 19 January 2004
Activities
00-016 Issue 1 Acceptance of Foreign Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) 17 January 2005
00-017 Issue 2 Electronic Flight Bag - CANCELLED - (Refer CAAP 233-1) 8 August 2013
00-018 Issue 1 Multiple Supplementary Type Certificates - Cessna 206 Aircraft 29 May 2009
00-019 Issue 1 Software Manufacturing - Development vs Replication 4 July 2011
00-020 Issue 1 Computerised Maintenance Control Management 30 January 2013
00-021 Issue 2 CASR Part 21 Approval of Aircraft Equipment used in 25 June 2013
Modifications or Repairs
00-022 Issue 1 Certification Maintenance Requirement and Airworthiness 20 August 2013
Limitations Terminology Explained
00-023 Issue 1 Weighing Preparations 19 January 2017
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01-027 Issue 1 Unapproved Parts - Challenger Aero Engineering - Chrome 25 January 2013
Plated Engine Cylinders
01-028 Issue 1 Suspected Unapproved Parts - Aircraft Electronic Fuel System 8 October 2013
Instruments
01-029 Issue 1 Unapproved Parts Notification - Strandflex Cables 17 September 2014
01-030 Issue 1 Unapproved Parts Notification - Fokker F27, F27 Mark 050, 29 January 2016
F27 Mark 4000 Aeroplanes and Sikorsky S-61 Helicopters
01-031 Issue 1 Unapproved Parts Notification - Douglas MD-80, DC-9 and 29 January 2016
DC-10
01-032 Issue 1 Unapproved Parts Notification - Pratt and Whitney R-985 29 January 2016
Engines
01-033 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
01-034 Issue 4 De Havilland DH60 Moth (all variants), DH82 Tiger Moth (all 11 August 2017
variants) and DH83 Fox Moth (all variants) series Aircraft Wing
and Aileron Spar Sets produced by The Croydon Aircraft
Company of New Zealand
01-035 Issue 2 CASA Interpretation of CAA NZ AD DCA GEN 36A Parts 20 June 2018
manufactured by Croydon Aircraft Company
01-036 Issue 1 Suspected Unapproved Parts - McCauley Propeller Governor, 31 August 2018
Idler Gear Bearings
02 - Maintenance General
AWB Title Effective
02-001 Issue 1 On-Condition Maintenance 27 November 2001
02-002 Issue 2 Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Installation and 15 November 2013
Maintenance
02-003 Issue 2 The Manufacturer’s Maintenance Schedule and your Aircraft’s 26 April 2012
Maintenance Schedule - CANCELLED
02-004 Issue 1 Transit Authorisations 17 January 2003
02-005 Issue 1 Administration and Control of Aircraft Welding and 26 March 2003
Non-Destructive Testing
02-006 Issue 2 Flexible Hose Assemblies - Maintenance Practices 8 May 2015
02-007 Issue 7 Cessna’s Supplemental Inspection Documents (SIDs) and 1 July 2015
Corrosion Prevention and Control Programs (CPCP5) -
CANCELLED (Refer AWB 02-048)
02-008 Issue 2 Aircraft Security Devices - Installation 10 October 2013
02-009 Issue 1 Repair and Maintenance Techniques for Wiring Systems - 15 November 2013
CANCELLED (Refer AAC 21-99)
02-010 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
02-011 Issue 1 Timber, Plywood and Adhesives for Aircraft Use 26 October 2005
02-012 Issue 1 Streamline Wires 1 December 2005
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02-013 Issue 1 Evaluation of Service Documents - PMA and STC Parts 11 April 2006
02-014 Issue 3 Selecting Aircraft Tyres 25 November 2014
02-015 Issue 1 Helicopter - Effects of Fatigue on Life Limited Components 19 May 2006
02-016 Issue 1 Vendor Evaluation Program 13 June 2006
02-017 Issue 1 Metroliners - Mechanical Systems - Ageing Issues 20 September 2006
02-018 Issue 4 BAC 167 Strikemaster Accident - CANCELLED 11 January 2011
02-019 Issue 2 Aircraft Washing 17 December 2014
02-020 Issue 1 Applicability of Bell 206 Airworthiness Directives to Bell 206 13 March 2007
Model Derivatives in the Restricted Category
02-021 Issue 1 Use of Sealants 15 March 2007
02-022 Issue 1 Hot Stamping Wire Identification 16 March 2007
02-023 Issue 1 Maintenance Requirements for Aircraft Components and 5 May 2014
Equipment - CANCELLED
02-024 Issue 1 Maintenance of External Tubes and Lines - Small Gas Turbine 15 August 2007
Engines
02-025 Issue 1 Corrosion Problems with Small Metal Aircraft over 14 years 23 November 2007
Since Manufacture
02-026 Issue 1 Potential Corrosion Problems in Foam Filled Elevator Trim 23 November 2007
Tabs and Foam Filled Elevator Trailing Edges on Certain
Cessna Aircraft
02-027 Issue 1 Possible Corrosion of the Vertical Stabiliser on Pilatus PC-12 23 November 2007
Aircraft
02-028 Issue 1 Silicon Grease Contamination of Aircraft Fuel Systems - 6 December 2010
CANCELLED
02-029 Issue 2 TECNAM P2002JF Series Hardware 3 March 2008
02-030 Issue 1 Piper PA-28 Series Aircraft - Inspections 1 August 2008
02-031 Issue 1 Piper PA-22 Series Aircraft - Inspections 26 August 2008
02-032 Issue 1 Piper PA-32 Series Aircraft - Inspections 26 August 2008
02-033 Issue 1 Piper PA-31 Series Aircraft - Inspections 29 September 2008
02-034 Issue 1 Piper PA-34 Series Aircraft - Inspections 10 November 2008
02-035 Issue 1 De Havilland Moth - Inspection of Wooden Structure – 4 June 2019
CANCELLED (Refer AWB 51-009)
02-036 Issue 1 Aerostar (Piper / Ted Smith) 600 and 700 Series Aeroplanes - 2 July 2009
Inspections
02-037 Issue 1 Lifesaving Systems D-Lok Hook fitted to Goodrich Rescue 30 March 2015
Hoists - CANCELLED (Refer AD/SUPP/22)
02-038 Issue 7 Flight in Airspace with Volcanic Ash Contamination 13 July 2015
02-039 Issue 2 DHC-1 Modifications and Inspections 16 June 2011
02-040 Issue 1 Military Surplus Helicopters - Continuing Airworthiness 5 July 2011
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02-041 Issue 3 BAC 167 Strikemaster and Jet Provost Aircraft Fatigue Index 7 September 2011
Multiplication Factor
02-042 Issue 1 Corrosion Inhibiting Compounds and their Effects on Aircraft 23 November 2012
Structural Joints
02-043 Issue 1 Certification of Calendar Based Airworthiness Directives 25 January 2012
02-044 Issue 1 R44 Maintenance Schedule Requirements - CANCELLED 11 January 2016
(Refer AD/R44/23)
02-045 Issue 6 Using FAA AC 43.13-1b Change 1 as Approved Maintenance 10 August 2018
Data for Repair of Aircraft.
02-046 Issue 1 Cessna Single Engine Wing Flap Control Switches and 9 May 2013
Actuators
02-047 Issue 2 Manufacturing Components In The Course of Maintenance – 22 May 2015
(MITCOM) – CANCELLED (Refer CAAP 30-4 1.1)
02-048 Issue 5 Compliance with Cessna Supplemental Inspection Documents 24 June 2016
(SIDs)
02-049 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
02-050 Issue 1 Agricultural Aircraft Fatigue Lives 28 October 2014
02-051 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
02-052 Issue 4 Wasp Nest Infestation – Alert 1 May 2018
02-053 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
02-054 Issue 1 Unapproved Modifications – Flight Controls, Structures and 22 January 2016
Systems
02-055 Issue 2 Pilot Maintenance of Class B Helicopters 11 March 2016
02-056 Issue 1 Vortex Generators and Aerodynamic Configuration Control for 6 May 2016
Small Single and Twin Engined Aircraft
02-057 Issue 1 Fitting of a Component in an Aircraft that has been Removed 9 August 2017
or Salvaged from Another Aircraft
02-058 Issue 1 Maintenance Authorisation – PT6A Engine Water Washing 8 February 2017
02-059 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
02-060 Issue 1 NDT Data - The Use of During the Course of Maintenance 18 September 2017
02-061 Issue 1 Helicopter Corrosion Prevention Control Programmes (CPCP) 4 December 2017
02-062 Issue 2 Use of Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type 7 January 2019
Certificates (STC)
02-063 Issue 1 Kavanagh Balloon Burner Systems - Maintenance Advice 14 January 2019
02-064 Issue 1 Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Piston Engine 3 July 2020
Aircraft
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12 - Servicing
AWB Title Effective
12-001 Issue 2 Aircraft Servicing and Ground Handling Tasks 17 January 2002
12-002 Issue 3 Alternate Cleaning Product for Aircraft Oxygen Systems 24 March 2009
14 - Hardware
AWB Title Effective
14-001 Issue 2 Cameron Stratus Double Burner Mount Cracking and Failure 30 November 2012
14-002 Issue 1 Cracked MS 21042 / NAS 1291 - Series Nuts - Hydrogen 12 October 2011
Embrittlement
14-003 Issue 1 Standard Practices - Hazard - Chloride Based Materials and 3 October 2012
Stainless Steel or Titanium Based Components
14-004 Issue 1 Hot Air Balloon Load Frame and Burner Bracket Cracking 30 November 2012
20 - Standard Practices
AWB Title Effective
20-001 Issue 1 Spark Plug Care 24 September 2001
20-002 Issue 2 Use of Visible (Red) Dye Liquid Penetrant with Inspection of 20 November 2013
Safety Critical Components
20-003 Issue 1 Pacific Scientific Reel-O-Matic Inertia Reel - Correct Installation 27 November 2013
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AVIONICS
21 - Air Conditioning
AWB Title Effective
21-001 Issue 1 Cabin Altitude Alert Pressure Switch Maintenance 30 August 2002
Requirements
21-002 Issue 1 Fokker F28 MK 100 Heat Exchangers 27 February 2007
21-003 Issue 1 Boeing 737 Cabin Pressure Safety Relief Valves 13 February 2014
21-004 Issue 1 Requirements and Implications for those Maintaining Air 30 June 2014
Conditioning Systems Using Refrigerants
22 - Auto Flight
AWB Title Effective
22-001 Issue 1 Automatic Pilot Servos, Servo-Disconnects and Overpower 6 January 2011
Forces
22-002 Issue 3 AW139 Inadvertent Autopilot Disengagement 5 August 2016
23 - Communications
AWB Title Effective
23-001 Issue 4 Aircraft Radio Station Licence 28 August 2020
23-002 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
23-003 Issue 2 Aid to Operators for the Expanded Use of Passenger PEDs 22 August 2014
24 - Electrical Power
AWB Title Effective
24-001 Issue 1 Starter Generator Electrical Discharge Damage 27 June 2001
24-002 Issue 1 Aircraft Alternator Alert 17 August 2001
24-003 Issue 1 Mechanical Products 3 Phase Circuit Breaker - Incorrect 26 April 2016
Marking - CANCELLED (Refer AWB 24-011)
24-004 Issue 1 Metro SA227DC Chafing Wiring Looms 15 June 2007
24-005 Issue 2 Night VMC and IFR Duplicated Power Source Requirements 13 April 2012
24-006 Issue 1 Voltage Regulator Settings 3 December 2007
24-007 Issue 5 Electrical Load Analysis 17 November 2017
24-008 Issue 1 Aircraft Lead Acid Main Battery Failures 16 September 2013
24-009 Issue 2 Beech 200 and 300 Inverter Fire 4 September 2015
24-010 Issue 1 Electrical Power - Transformer-Rectifier Unit Failure 27 April 2016
24-011 Issue 1 Aircraft Circuit Breaker Maintenance & Operation 27 April 2016
24-012 Issue 1 Battery Capacity Tests 14 July 2017
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27 - Flight Controls
AWB Title Effective
27-001 Issue 7 Control Cable Terminal - Retirement 8 March 2016
27-002 Issue 1 Bell Helicopter - Faulty Pitch Link Barrels 5 September 2001
27-003 Issue 1 Cessna 336 / 337 Flap Cable Wear 28 February 2003
27-004 Issue 1 Cessna 172, 180 and 185 Primary Flight Control Yoke 5 December 2003
Inspection
27-005 Issue 2 Control Column Grip Inspection 8 February 2012
27-006 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
27-007 Issue 1 Fairchild SA227-DC Aircraft Trailing Edge Flap Actuator 14 March 2007
Failures
27-008 Issue 1 Eurocopter Flight Control Servo Transparency 14 May 2007
27-009 Issue 2 AS 350 Tail Rotor Pitch Link Inspections 10 October 2008
27-010 Issue 1 AS 355 / 550 Tail Rotor Pitch Link Inspections 10 October 2008
27-011 Issue 1 Flight Control Cables - American Champion Aircraft 16 April 2009
27-012 Issue 1 Aircraft Control Cable Systems 2 June 2011
27-013 Issue 1 Bombardier DHC-8 100 / 200 / 300 Stall Warning Stick Shaker 23 March 2012
Electrical Connector
27-014 Issue 1 Cessna 177 Stabilator Balance Weight Arm - Bracket 17 August 2012
27-015 Issue 1 Beechcraft Rudder Brake Pedal Pivot Hole Wear 26 September 2012
27-016 Issue 1 Aileron Control Column Chains 4 April 2013
27-017 Issue 1 Beechcraft 19, 23 and 24 Series Stabilator Hinge - Fastener 5 September 2013
Shearing
27-018 Issue 1 Flight Control Rod Ends 31 October 2013
27-019 Issue 1 DHC-8 Spurious Stick Shaker Events 5 September 2014
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31 - Instruments
AWB Title Effective
31-001 Issue 1 Flight Data Recorder Requirements - CANCELLED 30 November 2005
31-002 Issue 2 Damage to CRT Anti-Reflective Coatings 30 September 2002
31-003 Issue 1 Beech 200 / 300 Super King Air - Passenger Door Warning
Switches - CANCELLED
31-004 Issue 1 Maintenance Requirements for Aircraft Components and 11 May 2016
Equipment - CANCELLED
31-005 Issue 2 Flight Recording System Serviceability 22 March 2016
31-006 Issue 1 Metro 23 Engine Overtorque Recording in the FDR 8 October 2013
31-007 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
31-008 Issue 3 Gyroscopic Instrument Reliability 24 April 2017
31-009 Issue 1 Horizontal Situation Indicator - Premature Drive Belt Failure 28 March 2017
31-010 Issue 1 Failure of Honeywell DU-1080 HW3 Display Units in Leonardo 21 May 2020
AW139 Helicopters
33 - Lights
AWB Title Effective
33-001 Issue 1 EMB-120 Cabin Lighting with Bruce Lights 9 May 2001
33-002 Issue 1 Baggage Compartment Lights 6 July 2011
34 - Navigation
AWB Title Effective
34-001 Issue 1 GPS Navigation Database Maintenance - CANCELLED
34-002 Issue 1 Ground Proximity Systems 27 June 2001
34-003 Issue 1 King Radar Altimeter Incompatibility 25 July 2001
34-004 Issue 1 Warning Against Pitot Static Probe Repairs 11 June 2002
34-005 Issue 2 Direct Reading Magnetic Compasses - CANCELLED (Refer 9 January 2019
AWB 34-008)
34-006 Issue 1 Transponder Altitude Reporting Issues 29 February 2002
34-007 Issue 1 Erroneous Air Data Indications 22 July 2002
34-008 Issue 2 Calibration of Compasses 9 January 2019
34-009 Issue 1 Transponder Testing - CANCELLED (Refer AWB 34-013) 27 April 2016
34-010 Issue 2 Microair T2000SFL Transponders 1 May 2018
34-011 Issue 1 FreeFlight (Trimble) GPS Receivers 4 July 2008
34-012 Issue 1 FreeFlight GPA Receiver Upgrade 7 July 2008
34-013 Issue 4 Transponder Testing With an Oscilloscope 10 December 2013
34-014 Issue 1 Rockwell Collins Transponder TDR 94/94D 24 March 2009
34-015 Issue 2 Assigning Transponder Aircraft Address 6 May 2016
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34-016 Issue 1 Testing Automatic Pressure Reporting Equipment After 7 July 2014
Maintenance
34-017 Issue 1 Testing of ADS-B Installations 8 December 2014
34-018 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
34-019 Issue 1 Temporary Loss of Heading and Attitude Display on Garmin- 19 September 2014
Equipped Installations
74 - Ignition
AWB Title Effective
74-001 Issue 1 Teledyne Continental Motors D2000 / 3000 Dual Magnetos 22 May 2002
74-002 Issue 1 Unison (Slick) Magnetos fitted to Diamond DA20 Series 25 January 2007
Aircraft
74-003 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
74-004 Issue 1 PT6 Engines - Inspection of Spark Igniters - CANCELLED 6 December 2010
74-005 Issue 3 Magneto Defects 20 October 2014
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AIRFRAMES
25 - Equipment / Furnishings
AWB Title Effective
25-001 Issue 1 Aircraft Seats 23 November 2001
25-002 Issue 1 Inspection and Replacement of Seat Belts and Harnesses 4 April 2003
25-003 Issue 2 Inadvertent Activation of Rocket-Deployed General Aviation 23 March 2012
Recovery Device (GARD) During Maintenance
25-004 Issue 1 AS 350 and AS 355 Helicopter - Flight Crew Seat 23 June 2005
Crashworthiness
25-005 Issue 3 Aircraft Seat Belts - Inadvertent Detachment 15 May 2015
25-006 Issue 2 Rotorcraft Underslung Loads Non-Human External Cargo 30 July 2015
(NHEC)
25-007 Issue 3 Personnel Harnesses, Restraint Straps and Approved 5 August 2016
Attachment Points
25-008 Issue 1 Pacific Scientific Shoulder Harness Retraction Reels 21 October 2005
25-009 Issue 1 Bell JetRanger Lightweight Emergency Flotation Systems 2 March 2006
25-010 Issue 1 Pacific Scientific Rotary Seatbelt Buckles 3 April 2006
25-011 Issue 1 Switlik Infant Life Jacket 8 June 2006
25-012 Issue 2 Harley Buckle Locking Bar 12 March 2007
25-013 Issue 2 Life Jacket and Flotation Device Approved Standards 25 June 2014
25-014 Issue 1 Life Raft Approved Standards 23 November 2007
25-015 Issue 1 Artex ELT Installation 26 February 2009
25-016 Issue 2 Cabin Interior & Cargo Flammability 14 February 2011
25-017 Issue 1 Goodrich Hoist Cable Cutter Wiring Inspection 23 February 2011
25-018 Issue 1 Emergency Locator Transmitters - Dongle Reprogramming 6 June 2011
25-019 Issue 3 BK117 External Rescue Hoist - Deactivation 8 August 2011
25-020 Issue 3 Lifejacket Survivor Light Battery Failures 1 May 2018
25-021 Issue 1 Seats Manufactured by Koito Industries 22 November 2011
25-022 Issue 2 Incendiary Dispensing Device 5 November 2013
25-023 Issue 1 Hook and Loop Style Fasteners as Mounting Mechanism for 15 February 2013
an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
25-024 Issue 1 Emergency Locator Transmitter Battery Wiring Installation 16 August 2013
Discrepancies
25-025 Issue 1 Rescue Strop 15 October 2013
25-026 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
25-027 Issue 1 Unapproved Life Jackets 25 June 2014
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25-028 Issue 1 Inappropriate Packaging of EAM KSE-35L8 Life Jackets 26 June 2014
25-029 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
25-030 Issue 1 Helicopter Personnel Winching - Human External Cargo (HEC) 20 May 2015
Operations
25-031 Issue 5 Defects With Night Vision Imaging Systems 13 September 2019
25-032 Issue 1 Cessna Pilot Seat Track Locking - Pre-Flight Check, 23 April 2018
Maintenance and Mod Status
25-033 Issue 1 Helicopter Personnel Winching - Inadvertent Disconnect 9 July 2018
25-034 Issue 2 Helicopter Rescue Hoist Wire Rope - Wear, Fatigue and 24 April 2020
Failure
25-035 Issue 1 Fokker F28 Mk70 and MK100 Flight Crew Seat Cracking and 28 April 2020
Repairs
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26 - Fire Protection
AWB Title Effective
26-001 Issue 1 Beech Turboprop Aircraft - Bleed Air Warning System 12 September 2003
26-002 Issue 3 Selection and Installation of Handheld Portable Fire 11 January 2018
Extinguishers
26-003 Issue 6 Maintenance of Fire Extinguishing Systems 30 June 2014
26-004 Issue 1 Fire Extinguisher Recall 7 October 2010
26-005 Issue 1 Beech 200 Series Engine Fire Detection Systems 10 April 2013
26-006 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
26-007 Issue 1 Eutectic Seal Waste Receptacle Fire Extinguishers 13 August 2014
27 - Flight Controls
AWB Title Effective
27-001 Issue 7 Control Cable Terminal - Retirement 31 October 2011
27-002 Issue 1 Bell Helicopter - Faulty Pitch Link Barrels 5 September 2001
27-003 Issue 1 Cessna 336 / 337 Flap Cable Wear 28 February 2003
27-004 Issue 1 Cessna 172,180 and 185 Primary Flight Control Yoke 5 December 2003
Inspection
27-005 Issue 2 Control Column Grip Inspection 8 February 2012
27-006 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
27-007 Issue 1 Fairchild SA227-DC Aircraft Trailing Edge Flap Actuator 14 March 2007
Failures
27-008 Issue 1 Eurocopter Flight Control Servo Transparency 14 May 2007
27-009 Issue 2 AS 350 Tail Rotor Pitch Link Inspections 10 October 2008
27-010 Issue 1 AS 355 / 550 Tail Rotor Pitch Link Inspections 10 October 2008
27-011 Issue 1 Flight Control Cables - American Champion Aircraft 16 April 2009
27-012 Issue 1 Aircraft Control Cable Systems 2 June 2011
27-013 Issue 1 Bombardier DHC-8 100 / 200 / 300 Stall Warning Stick Shaker 23 March 2012
Electrical Connector
27-014 Issue 1 Cessna 177 Stabilator Balance Weight Arm - Bracket 17 August 2012
27-015 Issue 1 Beechcraft Rudder Brake Pedal Pivot Hole Wear 26 September 2012
27-016 Issue 1 Aileron Control Column Chains 4 April 2013
27-017 Issue 1 Beechcraft 19, 23 and 24 Series Stabilator Hinge - Fastener 5 September 2013
Shearing
27-018 Issue 1 Flight Control Rod Ends 31 October 2013
27-019 Issue 1 DHC-8 Spurious Stick Shaker Events 5 September 2014
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28 - Fuel Systems
AWB Title Effective
28-001 Issue 1 Fuel Tank Safety 23 July 2002
28-002 Issue 1 Fuel Quantity Measurement and Verification Process -
CANCELLED (Refer CAAP 234-1 (1))
28-003 Issue 1 Aircraft Fuel 4 January 2007
28-004 Issue 2 Cirrus SR20 and SR22 Aircraft Fuel System Inspection - 14 June 2012
CANCELLED
28-005 Issue 1 Fuel Pump Diaphragm Assembly 5 September 2007
28-006 Issue 1 Cessna Fuel Stabilisation 31 October 2007
28-007 Issue 1 Fatigue Failures of Copper Alloy Fuel and Oil Pipes 19 February 2008
28-008 Issue 2 Water Contamination of Aviation Fuel (AVGAS / MOGAS) 8 March 2016
28-009 Issue 1 Main Tank Fuel Vent Line Blockages on Beechcraft C90A 14 June 2012
Aircraft - CANCELLED
28-010 Issue 1 Cessna 310 Aircraft - Auxiliary Fuel Tank Check Valve 28 February 2008
28-011 Issue 1 Beechcraft 200 Fuel Quantity System 24 July 2008
28-012 Issue 2 Robinson R44 Fuel Tanks - CANCELLED 14 April 2014
28-013 Issue 1 Over-Wing Fuel Tank Vent Systems (Including Early Cessna 15 October 2013
180 Models)
28-014 Issue 3 Fokker F28 Mk 100 Fuel Pump Wiring 20 November 2015
28-015 Issue 1 Diesel Fuel 26 May 2014
28-016 Issue 1 Piper PA-34 Seneca Fuel Selector Valves 17 June 2014
28-017 Issue 1 Robinson R22 Fuel Tanks 1 February 2018
28-018 Issue 1 Use of Kathon Biocide for Treating Micro-biological Growth in 26 March 2020
Aviation Fuel
29 - Hydraulic Power
AWB Title Effective
29-001 Issue 1 Hydraulic Filter Assembly Indicator Buttons 10 October 2003
29-002 Issue 1 Biological Contamination Hydraulic Fluid Systems 14 February 2003
29-003 Issue 1 PA-31 Series Hydraulic Filter Housing Failures 11 August 2008
29-004 Issue 3 Airbus Eurocopter AS 350 and AS 355 Teflon / Stainless Steel 17 September 2014
Hydraulic Flight Control Hose Failures
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32 - Landing Gear
AWB Title Effective
32-001 Issue 1 Fokker F27 Mk 50 Main Landing Gear Junction Box - 1 June 2004
Maintenance Requirements
32-002 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
32-003 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
32-004 Issue 1 Main Wheel Hub Repairs - NDT 17 August 2005
32-005 Issue 1 Lubrication of Landing Gear - Piper Aircraft 27 September 2005
32-006 Issue 1 Piper PA-28 Main Landing Gear 5 March 2007
32-007 Issue 1 Beech 65, 70, 90 and 200 Main Landing Gear 3 May 2007
32-008 Issue 2 DH82 Tiger Moth Undercarriage Modification 18 May 2007
32-009 Issue 1 Undercarriage Attachment Bolt Failures on TECNAM 3 September 2007
P2002-JF Aircraft
32-010 Issue 1 Cessna Main Landing Gear Fatigue Cracking 19 December 2007
32-011 Issue 1 Undercarriage Pin Circlip Damage - Diamond DA42 Aircraft 21 February 2008
32-012 Issue 1 Cracking in Nose Landing Gear Fork on Grob 115 Series 21 February 2008
Aircraft
32-013 Issue 1 Piper PA-31 Series Aircraft - Cracks in Landing Gear 21 February 2008
Selector Cable Support Brackets
32-014 Issue 1 Tight Main Landing Gear Attachment Pins in Cessna C208 30 April 2008
Aircraft
32-015 Issue 2 Cracking in Nose Landing Gear Upper Strut Sections of 24 November 2009
Cirrus SR20 and SR22 Aircraft
32-016 Issue 2 Cessna Single Engine Nose Landing Gear Forks 8 February 2012
32-017 Issue 3 Cessna 400 Series Electro-Hydraulic Undercarriage Systems 19 September 2014
32-018 Issue 1 Cessna 400 Series Electro-Hydraulic Undercarriage 27 November 2008
Emergency “Blow Down” Systems
32-019 Issue 1 Piper PA-28 Series - Nose Landing Gear Fork Failures 15 April 2009
32-020 Issue 1 Cessna 300 & 400 Series Torque Links 11 August 2011
32-021 Issue 1 Fletcher FU-24 Main Landing Gear - Lower Torque Link Bolt 26 September 2012
Failures
32-022 Issue 1 Cessna 404, 425 and 441 Main Landing Gear Trailing Link 16 May 2013
Inspection
32-023 Issue 1 Metro Landing Gear Yoke Torque Link Lug Inspection 4 February 2015
32-024 Issue 1 Cessna Single Engine Electro-Hydraulic Systems 10 March 2016
32-025 Issue 1 Aircraft Parts and Development (CALL AIR) A-9 Series - 10 March 2016
Main Undercarriage Failures
32-026 Issue 1 Cessna Single Engine Retractable Undercarriage Failures 10 March 2016
32-027 Issue 1 Cessna 441 Main Landing Gear Trunnion Fatigue Cracking 13 February 2018
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35 – Oxygen
AWB Title Effective
35-001 Issue 1 Passenger Oxygen Mask Pressure Switch Maintenance 30 August 2002
Requirements
35-002 Issue 1 Quick-Donning Oxygen Mask Maintenance 26 July 2007
35-003 Issue 1 Cabin Oxygen Masks with B/E Aerospace In-line Flow 1 August 2011
Indicators - CANCELLED
35-004 Issue 1 Service Difficulties Identified with Oxygen Systems 29 November 2012
35-005 Issue 1 Personal Breathing Equipment - Fires 25 September 2015
37 - Vacuum
AWB Title Effective
37-001 Issue 1 Tempest Vacuum Pumps 15 December 2005
37-002 Issue 1 Aircraft Gyro Instrument Vacuum / Pressure Systems - 10 April 2015
Functional Testing
37-003 Issue 1 Dry Vacuum Pumps 10 April 2015
51 - Structures
AWB Title Effective
51-001 Issue 1 Aircraft Fabric Coverings 25 December 2001
51-002 Issue 1 Partenavia Wing Spars 22 July 2002
51-003 Issue 2 Cessna 150 / 152 Series Aircraft Horizontal Stabiliser Spar 8 February 2012
Cracking
51-004 Issue 1 Piper PA-30 / PA-39 Wing Spar Cap Corrosion 27 September 2002
51-005 Issue 1 Beechcraft 200 Series - Fuselage Frames 15 July 2004
51-006 Issue 1 Corrosion and Cracking of Main Landing Gear Assemblies on 30 April 2008
Cessna Aircraft
51-007 Issue 2 Zenair CH 601XL In-flight Break Up 14 May 2009
51-008 Issue 2 Aircraft Tubular Structures - Inspection 7 May 2015
51-009 Issue 1 De Havilland Moth - Inspection of Wooden Structures 4 July 2019
51-010 Issue 1 Assessment of Hail Damage 7 March 2016
51-011 Issue 1 EC 130 Cracking of Fenestron Cone Link Structure 2 September 2016
51-012 Issue 1 EC 130 Horizontal Stabilizer Brackets Cracking 16 September 2016
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52 – Doors
AWB Title Effective
52-001 Issue 1 Beechcraft Super King Air 200 Aircraft - Emergency Exit 10 October 2008
Cracking
52-002 Issue 1 Inadvertent Door Opening in Flight 6 April 2011
52-003 Issue 1 Cessna 400 Series External Doors - Emergency Exit 29 January 2016
Provisions
52-004 Issue 1 Cessna 441 in Flight Depressurisation due to Emergency Exit 6 August 2020
door bonded skin failure
53 - Fuselage
AWB Title Effective
53-001 Issue 2 Schweizer (Hughes) 269 Pre-Flight Inspections on Aft Cluster 10 January 2002
Fittings
53-002 Issue 1 Floor Viewing Window / Energy Absorbing Seat Interference 12 October 2005
53-003 Issue 1 Cessna 206, 207 and 210 - Cracking of Nose Gear Tunnel 14 March 2007
Wall
53-004 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
53-005 Issue 1 TO BE ISSUED TBA
53-006 Issue 1 Cessna 172 Elevator Corrosion 10 August 2007
53-007 Issue 1 Embraer EMB-120 Windscreen and Cockpit Window Support 8 December 2010
Structure Cracking
53-008 Issue 2 Victa Airtourer - Longeron Corrosion 23 December 2015
53-009 Issue 1 Beechcraft Duchess B76 Series Control Column Pivot 29 January 2016
Failures
53-010 Issue 1 Cessna Pilot's Secondary Seat Stop - Installation of Mod Kit - 23 April 2018
SEB07-5 - CANCELLED (Refer AWB 25-032)
53-011 Issue 1 Cessna 210 and 177 Wing Carry-through Spar 12 July 2019
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55 - Stabilisers
AWB Title Effective
55-001 Issue 2 Horizontal Stabilisers - Cessna 200 Series 19 September 2011
55-002 Issue 1 Piper Spar Corrosion 1 April 2003
55-003 Issue 2 CT4 Fin Spar Attachment Cracking 13 November 2006
55-004 Issue 1 Cracks in the Aileron Spar on PAC750XL Aircraft 29 June 2007
55-005 Issue 1 Recommended Corrosion Inspection of the Horizontal 9 July 2007
Stabiliser Attachment Plate on Piper PA-38 Aircraft
55-006 Issue 1 Piper PA-32R Series Aircraft - Cracks in Aileron Hinge Arm 28 February 2008
Attachment Ribs
55-007 Issue 1 Robinson R22 Series Helicopters - Vertical Fin Attachments 6 May 2009
55-008 Issue 1 Hawker Beechcraft 1900 Series - Vertical to Horizontal Tail 17 August 2012
Section Area Cracking
55-009 Issue 1 Yak 52 Trim-Tab Failure 25 October 2012
55-010 Issue 1 Trim Tab System Degradation - Flutter / Loss of Control 11 June 2015
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57 – Wings
AWB Title Effective
57-001 Issue 1 Wing Corrosion Cessna 100 Series 15 February 2002
57-002 Issue 1 Wing Spar to Fuselage Attach Fitting Corrosion 27 March 2006
57-003 Issue 1 Cessna 441 Wing Skin Inspection 1 February 2007
57-004 Issue 1 Learjet Industries 45 Wing Corrosion 13 July 2007
57-005 Issue 2 Unexpected Cracking of Cessna 404 Canted Rib Caps 13 August 2007
57-006 Issue 2 Corrosion in Cirrus SR20 and SR22 Flap Hinges 1 August 2008
57-007 Issue 1 Carry Through Spar Corrosion on Cessna 172 Aircraft 22 November 2007
57-008 Issue 2 Main Spar Corrosion in Hawker Beechcraft B58 Series 10 July 2008
Aircraft
57-009 Issue 2 Piper PA-31 Series Aircraft - Wing Leading Edge Stall Strip 10 September 2010
Configuration
57-010 Issue 1 Fairchild (Swearingen) SA226 / SA227 Wing Skin Cracking - 2 December 2010
Station 81
57-011 Issue 1 PZL M18 Series Cover Plate Cracking 12 July 2011
57-012 Issue 1 Hawker Beechcraft B200 Series Wing Attach Barrel Nuts 6 February 2013
57-013 Issue 1 Piper PA-34 Aileron Hinge Assembly 21 May 2013
57-014 Issue 1 Piper PA-28, PA-32, PA-34, and PA-44 Series - Structural 9 October 2014
Corrosion / Wing Trailing Edge Flaps
57-015 Issue 3 Cessna 300 and 400 Series Wing Front Spar Lower 3 November 2016
Attachment Fittings
57-016 Issue 1 Cessna 402C Wing Main Spar Strap Modification Non- 26 October 2017
Conformity
57-017 Issue 1 Piper PA-28 and PA-32 Wing Spar Fatigue 9 July 2020
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61 - Propellers
AWB Title Effective
61-001 Issue 1 Hamilton Sunstrand Propellers - Cracked Blade Retaining 1 May 2001
Rings P/N 794345
61-002 Issue 1 Hartzell - Feathering Propeller Air Charge Reduction. 23 October2001
HC-SL-61-197
61-003 Issue 1 Test Club Propellers - Calibration 15 December 2003
61-004 Issue 1 Dash 8 Aircraft Propeller Auto-Feather System Malfunction - 6 December 2010
CANCELLED
61-005 Issue 1 Jabiru Engines - Propeller Installation 29 January 2007
61-006 Issue 1 Jabiru Engines - Flywheel Attachment Screws 29 January 2007
61-007 Issue 1 Wooden Propeller Maintenance (Rewrite of AAC 17-3 and 11 March 2008
AAC 187-1)
61-008 Issue 1 Standard Practices - Propeller 24 January 2011
61-009 Issue 1 DASH 8 Power Lever Quadrant - Flight Idle Gate Malfunction 8 February 2012
- CANCELLED (Refer Canadian AD CF-2012-08)
61-010 Issue 1 Piper Seneca PA-34-200 Propeller Damper 19 April 2013
61-011 Issue 1 Propeller Strike Guidelines 22 September 2014
62 - Main Rotor
AWB Title Effective
62-001 Issue 1 BK117 Helicopter - Main Rotor Vibration 30 August 2002
62-002 Issue 1 Robinson R22 and R44 Main Rotor Blade Disbonds 18 July 2006
62-003 Issue 1 Bell 206 Main Rotor Blade Cracking 13 November 2006
62-004 Issue 2 Robinson Helicopter Main Rotor Blade Disbonding - 2 May 2012
CANCELLED (Refer FAA AD 2014-23-16)
62-005 Issue 1 Painting R22 and R44 Main Rotor Blades 6 June 2008
62-006 Issue 1 Alert - R22 Main Rotor Blade Cracking 23 December 2016
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64 - Tail Rotor
AWB Title Effective
64-001 Issue 1 Bell 206L Tail Rotor Root Disbond 1 June 2007
64-002 Issue 1 BK117 Tail Rotor Flapping Hinge / Head Attachment 1 May 2012
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ENGINES
71 - Power Plant
75 - Engine Air
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76 - Engine Controls
78 - Engine Exhaust
79 - Engine Oil
80 - Engine Starting
83 - Accessory Gearboxes
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85 - Reciprocating Engine
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