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 Keep your Bellanca Cruisemaster, 260, Viking and Super Viking looking and performing like new. We are the only place that has the FAA type design data and manufacturing tooling to provide you with the best FAA certified new parts available anywhere on this planet, and we are doing it at a fair price. We can also restore your wings (including spars), flaps, ailerons horizontal stabilizer and landing gear to like new condition.  

Compliance with AD 2008-05-11 Exhaust System Inspection/Repair and SK1072 P-Leads

 AD 2008-05-11 (effective April 8, 2008) was issued by the FAA to provide owners/operators of certain Bellanca aircraft with detailed exhaust system inspection procedures and accept/reject criteria, and require installation of Service Kit SK1072: Rerouting “P” Leads – Magneto.  Our Service Letter B-110: Exhaust System Inspection and Rerouting Magneto “P” Leads is referenced in the AD and provides background information, aircraft affected, compliance information, inspection details, tabulation of part numbers and other information; it is presented in other parts of this website for your reference. 

If the exhaust system inspection does not find any defects, the airplane may be returned to service albeit with a 50 hour exhaust system inspection interval. 

 If the inspection finds any defects in the exhaust system, the owner/operator has three options: 1) replace the entire left and/or right defective exhaust system with new parts as presented in the Service Letter B110, 2) replace the entire left and/or right defective exhaust system with parts reconditioned to the new parts specifications and 3) repair the defective parts to their original configuration using FAA approved methods and materials.  Options 1 and 2 only eliminate the 50 hour inspection interval if they are accomplished on both left and right sides.  Option 3 returns the airplane to service albeit with a 50 hour exhaust system inspection interval.

 If the owner/operator wants to eliminate the 50 hour inspection interval, he/she has two options: 1) replace the entire left and right exhaust system with new parts as presented in the Service Letter B110 or 2) replace the entire left and right exhaust system with parts reconditioned to the new parts specifications. 

The above option 1 is not available at the present time.  Bellanca / Alexandria Aircraft LLC (AALLC) has redesigned the exhaust systems for all the aircraft affected by this AD.  This includes hundred of variations some of which include only a few aircraft.  The expense for tooling all these variations is simply cost prohibitive.  The best we can do is identify those design variations for which owners/operators will purchase enough new parts to cover tooling costs and limit manufacturing parts to same.  You can help us make this determination by contacting our parts department and indicating same. 

The above option 2 is available.  Bellanca/AALLC has contracted with Aerospace Welding/Manufacturing Inc in Egan MN to recondition parts to the new design thru their FAA approved repair station.  They are one of our approved vendors.  They have a good quality control system and have provided us with excellent parts at a reasonable price.  They are the only vendor which has our FAA approved data so they are the only vendor you can use to recondition your exhaust system to the option 2 requirements.  You may contact them directly at 800/597-4315.  They will provide you with the documentation you need to eliminate the 50 hour inspection interval.

1.   Exhaust System Failures Models 17-30, 17-31, 17-30A, 17-31A & 17-31ATC May 2007

2.  Service Letter B110: Exhaust System Inspection & Rerouting Magneto “P” Leads May 2007

3.  Tail Vibration/Trim Tab Failure May 2007

4.   Update: Cracks in the Horizontal Stabilizer Attachment Tube  RevB Jan 2004

   PLEASE NOTE!  

Some of our customers have inquired if AALLC owns any of the TYPE CERTIFICATES for the Bellanca^â Aircraft.  Just for the record, AALLC owns  TYPE CERTIFICATE  Number A18CE which includes the following models;  17-31A, 17-31ATC, and 17-30A.  AALLC also owns TYPE CERTIFICATE Number 1A3 which includes the following models;  14-19, 14-19-2, 14-19-3, 14-19-3A, 17-30, 17-31, and 17-31TC.  Last but not least, AALLC owns TYPE CERTIFICATE Number A4NW which is for the Eagle Model DW-1 Agricultural Spray Aircraft. AALLC has owned these type certificates since May 30, 2002.

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