{"id":"F2006B01960","name":"AD/A320/71 - Slide/Slide Raft Release Cable","slug":"ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":41182,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B01960-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/A320/71 - Slide/Slide Raft Release Cable","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 \\- 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\n\nSCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\n\n![](image.001.png)  \nAirbus Industrie A319, A320 and A321 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/A320/71 Slide/Slide Raft Release Cable 13/96\n\nDM\n\nApplicability: All models with MSNs up to and including 563, but excluding MSNs 364, 385, 514, 542, 543, 546, 551, 556.\n\nRequirement: Action in accordance with Airbus Industrie AOT 25-12 Rev 1.\n\nNote 1: DGAC AD 96-171-083(B) refers.\n\nNote 2: Additional work will be necessary further to any previous work carried out in accordance with the initial issue of the Requirement document.\n\nCompliance: Unless already accomplished, within 500 hours time in service after 16 October 1996\\. Background: This Directive is issued to prevent any possible risk of non deployment of doors 1 and\n\n4 LH and RH due to an inoperative release cable. Failure of a slide to operate has\n\nbeen traced to a cable attachment ball nipple that separated from the cable due to a production error.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1862},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This directive maintains its original scope of addressing the specific manufacturing defect in slide release cables. While Note 2 indicates additional work is required for aircraft previously addressed under earlier versions, the fundamental safety objective and affected aircraft population remain consistent with the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear requirement referencing external technical document for procedural details","Specific applicability criteria involving serial number ranges with explicit exclusions","Technical aviation terminology (MSN, AOT, ball nipple, time in service)","Brief document length with minimal conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"Mandatory safety order requiring urgent inspection and repair of emergency slide release cables on Airbus A319/A320/A321 aircraft (MSNs up to 563, except 364, 385, 514, 542, 543, 546, 551, 556) because a ball‑nipple fitting can detach and prevent slide deployment. Owners/operators must follow Airbus AOT 25‑12 Rev 1 and complete work within 500 flight hours after 16 Oct 1996; failure could trap passengers and crew during evacuation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable","history":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-a320-71-slide-slide-raft-release-cable/documents"}}