Derek, I sent an email to John Ashford (CTOA and our RTOA) asking whether GFA were aware of this problem. I received a prompt reply from Mike Valentine (STOA) saying "Yes, they had received the LBA notice, and had issued an AD which had been sent to all owners of the affected aircraft. Apparently there are only 3 such aircraft in Australia. Cheers, John G.
----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Ruddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:00 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] Astir AD's | The following AD's have appeared on the rec.aviation.soaring usergroup | What are the implications, if any, for Australian Aircraft?? | =================================================== | Affected: | Kind of aeronautical product: Sailplane | Manufacturer: GROB Luft- und Raumfahrt, 86874 Tussenhausen-Mattsie | s, Germany | Type: ASTIR CS | Models affected: G 102 Standard Astir III, G 102 Club | Astir III and G 102 Club Astir IIIb | Serial numbers affected: all | German Type Certificate No.: 306 | | Subject: | Flutter appearances of the elevator in the upper flight | speed range. | Reason: | During flight operation of a sailplane model GROB G | 102 Club Astir IIIb flutter appearances of the elevator | in the upper flight speed range occurred because of | presently unknown causes. The problem is under investigation | at the manufac-turer at present time. Since the same | design is used at the G 102 Standard Astir III and | the G 102 Club Astir III these models are also affected | by this problem. | Action: | Due to the possible risk of the elevator flutter problem, | further operation of the affected sailplanes is prohibited | until the airworthiness problem has been solved by | the manufacturer. Corrective action to this airworthiness | problem will be published in a futher issue of this | airworthiness directive as soon as the investigation | is finished. | Compliance: | Prior to next flight. | Technical publication of the manufacturer: | GROB Alert Service Bulletin Nr. ASB306-36 dated 09. | October 2001 becomes herewith part of this AD and can | be obtained from Messrs.: | GROB Luft- und Raumfahrt | Rudi Vodermeier , Head of Product Support, | Lettenbachstrasse 9 | D86874 Tussenhausen-Mattsies | G E R M A N Y | Phone: +49-8268-998139 | Facsimile: +49-8268-998200 | | | | ======================= | | Newsgroups: rec.aviation.soaring | Subject: Grob AD, Issued Date 18 Oct 2001 | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Janus2k) | Date: 16 Oct 2001 13:31:32 GMT | | DCA/BG/33 Elevator Flutter - Flight Prohibition | Applicability: All Model G 102 Standard Astir III, G102 Club Astir III and G102 | Club Astir IIIb. | Requirement: Due to possible elevator flutter, further flight is prohibited. | (LBA AD 2001-317 refers) | Compliance: Effective immediately. | Effective Date: 18 October 2001 | Section 72I(3)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 requires NZ airworthiness | directives to be notified in the New Zealand Gazette. This cannot be achieved | until 18 October 2001 and hence is the effective date of the AD. While the AD | does not legally become effective until then, the AD does address a serious | un-safe condition and should be accomplished immediately. | FMI: <http://www.caa.govt.nz/ads/emergency_ads.htm> | | Lacking in some details, this was posted yesterday at a Website I frequent. | | Mark | | | -- | * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. | * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message | * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. | | -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
