Piper PA-24 Comanche, Service Manual

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PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
04/01/09 III - INSPECTION
1D5
INSPECTION
3-1.
General
Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) takes a continuing interest in having the owner get the most efficient use from
his airplane, and keeping the airplane in the best mechanical condition. To that end, Piper publishes a
recurring maintenance schedule which is supplemented with Service Bulletins, Service Letters and
Service Spares Letters as required.
A. The recurring maintenance schedule for the PA-24, PA-24-250/260/400 airplanes is provided in
Table III-I.
B. Piper Service Bulletins are of special importance and Piper considers compliance mandatory.
C. Service Letters deal with product improvements and service hints pertaining to the affected aircraft.
Owners should give careful attention to service letter information so they can ensure their airplane
is properly serviced and kept up to date with the latest changes.
D. Service Spares Letters offer improved parts, kits and optional equipment which were not originally
available. These may be of interest to the owner.
E. Service Bulletins, Service Letters and Service Spares Letters are emailed to Piper Dealers/Service
Centers. U.S. registered owners are encouraged to download these service publications from
http://www.piper.com/.
NOTE: Piper mails flight manual (AFM / POH) revisions to the registered owner’s name and
address as shown on the Aircraft Registration Certificate. If the aircraft is based and/or
operated at a different location (or locations) and/or by a person (or persons) other than
those recorded on the aircraft registration, then the registered owner(s) is responsible for
forwarding these to the operating location(s) or person(s).
Changes in aircraft registration may take a substantial amount of time to be recorded by the
Federal Aviation Administration and received by Piper to change the mailing address.
Owners and operators should make arrangements to keep abreast of flight manual revisions
and service publications during this interim period through their Piper Dealer/Service
Center.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publishes Airworthiness Directives (AD’s) that apply to
specific aircraft. They are mandatory changes and are to be complied within a time limit set by the
FAA. When an AD is issued, it is sent to the latest registered owner of the affected aircraft and also
to subscribers of the service. The owner is solely responsible for being aware of and complying
with airworthiness directives.
NOTE: A searchable database of AD’s is available on the FAA website. See the “Airworthiness
Directives” link at “www1.faa.gov”. Additionally, Avantext offers a free email notification
service for new AD’s as well as the last six weeks worth of AD’s at “www.avantext.com”.
Owners should periodically check with a Piper Dealer/Service Center to find out the latest
information to keep his aircraft up to date.
Service Bulletins, Service Letters, and Service Spares Letters are also available by subscription to
the Avantext TechPubs Maintenance Libraries for Piper Aircraft (see www.Avantext.com).