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July 10, 2021

The University Of North Carolina Takes Delivery Of Its Third TBM

A TBM 940 Joins The Fleet

Daher has delivered a TBM 940 to UNC Air Operations - the flight department for the UNC Hospital and the University of North Carolina (UNC) - bringing this customer's fleet to three of the TBM-family. All three TBMs operate from the University of North Carolina's flight department at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, and the combined fleet is expected to log approximately 1,000 hours annually. The top-of-the-line TBM 940 joins a TBM 850 that was received in February 2012, and a TBM 700C2 delivered in March 2011.

AD 2021-13-03 Requires Repetitive Visual Inspections Of The Fuel Filter By-Pass Indicator Pop-Up

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Safran Helicopter Engines, S.A. (Safran Helicopter Engines) Arriel 2B, 2B1, 2C, 2C1, 2C2, 2S1 and 2S2 model turboshaft engines. This AD was prompted by reports of non-conforming fuel filter pre-blockage pressure switches. This AD requires repetitive visual inspections of the fuel filter by-pass indicator pop-up, a one-time operational test of the fuel filter pre-blockage pressure switch and, depending on the findings, replacement of the fuel filter pre-blockage pressure switch with a part eligible for installation. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these prod