An NTSB report that blames the FAA

From http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id...08X00571&key=1 :

The [NTSB] determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

...A second factor was the omission of the PW120A engine from the
airworthiness directive issued by the FAA which mandated the
completion of Pratt & Whitney service bulletin 20914. The lack
of inclusion of the PW120A engine in the AD resulted in the
company's correct interpretation that the service bulletin was
not mandatory.

You don't see that every day!

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD

http://www.ben.com/

SB are mandatory for commercial operators, but an AD may
make compliance dates sooner.

The FAA handles paper by the ton, corrections are common.


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| From
http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id...08X00571&key=1 :
|
| The [NTSB] determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
|
| ...A second factor was the omission of the PW120A engine
from the
| airworthiness directive issued by the FAA which mandated
the
| completion of Pratt & Whitney service bulletin 20914. The
lack
| of inclusion of the PW120A engine in the AD resulted in
the
| company's correct interpretation that the service bulletin
was
| not mandatory.
|
| You don't see that every day!
|
| --
| Ben Jackson AD7GD
|
| http://www.ben.com/

The lack
of inclusion of the PW120A engine in the AD resulted in the
company's correct interpretation that the service bulletin was
not mandatory.

Hmmmm. If the FAA says something it "didn't mean to say that way",
which is binding: What the FAA actually said, or what they "meant to say"?
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