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CAA
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Immediately advise all New Zealand Partenavia P68 operators about the potential for inadvertent tank-to-tank fuel transfer; and to ensure ease of movement of the cockpit fuel selector knobs. On receipt of the pending Vulcanair P68 service bulletin require operators to implement the actions recommended, to obtain the necessary synchronisation between the cockpit fuel selector knobs and wing fuel selector valves.
Reply Text
The CAA is assessing the aircraft manufacturer’s Service Instruction Number 7, which describes the maintenance procedure to ensure correct valve rigging. The CAA intends to mandate compliance with this service instruction by the issue of an airworthiness directive, effective 27 June 2002. This airworthiness directive will also require operators to ensure ease of movement of the cockpit fuel selectors, and caution operators about the potential for inadvertent tank-to-tank fuel transfer.
On receipt of the pending Vulcanair P68 Service Bulletin, the CAA will assess this for airworthiness directive action.
On receipt of the pending Vulcanair P68 Service Bulletin, the CAA will assess this for airworthiness directive action.
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