Business · 10/12/1997

De Havilland Model DHC-8-100, -200, and -300 Series Airplanes: New Airworthiness Directive to Prevent Fuel Leaks

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted a new airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of refuel/defuel tube assemblies in the engine nacelles of de Havilland Model DHC-8-100, -200, and -300 series airplanes to prevent fuel leaks and engine fires, with eventual modification of all tube assemblies to terminate these inspections.