AD NUMBER: 2007-18-08
MANUFACTURER: Dassault-Aviation
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-18-08
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Model Falcon 10 airplanes.

That AD currently requires either revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) and installing a placard in the flight deck to prohibit flight into known or forecasted icing conditions, or repetitively inspecting for delamination of the flexible hoses in the wing (slat) anti-icing system and performing corrective actions if necessary.

That AD also provides optional terminating action for the repetitive inspections. This new AD mandates the previously optional terminating action. This AD results from a report of in-service delamination ofa flexible hose in the slat anti-icing system at a time earlier than previously reported.

We are issuing this AD to prevent collapse of the flexible hoses in the slat anti-icing system, which could lead to insufficient anti-icing capability and, if icing is encountered in this situation, could result inreduced controllability of the airplane.

FMI: www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/airworthiness_directives/