{"id":"F2006B03495","name":"AD/BAe 146/44 Amdt 1 - Evacuation Slide","slug":"ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":43049,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B03495-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/BAe 146/44 Amdt 1 - Evacuation Slide","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)  \nBritish Aerospace BAe 146 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/BAe 146/44\n\nAmdt 1\n\n  \nEvacuation Slide 1/96\n\nApplicability: All Series BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ aircraft equipped with Air Cruisers Evacuation Slide Part No. D31005-Series and Slide Serial Numbers as listed in the Requirement Document.\n\nRequirement: Inspect and modify the evacuation slide in accordance with British Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin 25-328 Rev. 3.\n\nNote: Air Cruisers SB 201-25-17 Rev. 2 refers.\n\nCompliance: As specified in the Requirement Document, with a revised modification compliance date of 4 April 1996.\n\nBackground: The Evacuation Slide manufacturer informed BAe that a batch of inflation valves installed to certain Evacuation Slides, may fail to deploy the slide automatically on demand. This amendment incorporates a modification to the inflation valves.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is an Airworthiness Directive (AD) amendment, which by nature is a targeted safety intervention. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of addressing a specific defective component. The amendment simply updates the compliance date and references the current revision of the service bulletin."},"complexity_factors":["Single, specific technical requirement referencing an external service bulletin","Limited applicability (one aircraft series, one specific part number)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Only 1 defined term effectively ('Requirement Document')","Straightforward compliance deadline","Short document (approximately 150 words excluding header)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **safety directive** issued by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) that applies to specific British Aerospace BAe 146 aircraft.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Requires owners/operators of affected aircraft to **inspect and modify their emergency evacuation slides**\n- The slides in question were made by Air Cruisers (Part No. D31005-Series) and have faulty inflation valves that **might not inflate automatically during an emergency**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Operators of **all BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ aircraft** fitted with the specific Air Cruisers evacuation slides listed in the accompanying requirement document\n\n**What must be done:**\n- Follow **British Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin 25-328 Rev. 3** to inspect and fix the slides\n- Complete the modification by **4 April 1996**\n\n**Why it matters:**\nEmergency evacuation slides are critical safety equipment. If they don't inflate automatically, passengers and crew could be trapped inside a burning or damaged aircraft during an emergency evacuation. This directive fixes a manufacturing defect in a batch of inflation valves before it causes a tragedy."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This amendment adds a specific modification to the inflation valves and sets a revised compliance date (Background; Requirement; Compliance). The applicability (which aircraft/slides are affected) remains limited to the D31005‑Series slides and the serial numbers listed in the Requirement Document (Applicability), but the substantive obligation is expanded to incorporate the valve modification called for in the referenced service bulletin (Requirement)."},"complexity_factors":["Targeted applicability by part number and listed serial numbers increases administrative steps to identify affected units (Applicability).","Mandatory reliance on an external technical document (British Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin 25‑328 Rev. 3) requires operators to obtain and follow that bulletin exactly (Requirement).","Cross‑reference to the manufacturer’s service bulletin (Air Cruisers SB 201‑25‑17 Rev. 2) introduces a secondary source of technical detail (Note).","Fixed compliance date requires scheduling within operator maintenance programmes and may interact with parts availability and labour capacity (Compliance; Background)."],"plain_english_summary":"This AD requires operators of BAe 146 and Avro 146‑RJ aircraft fitted with Air Cruisers D31005‑Series evacuation slides to inspect and modify specified slide serial numbers per British Aerospace Mandatory Service Bulletin 25‑328 Rev. 3 by 4 April 1996. It addresses a batch of inflation valves that may fail to deploy slides automatically. Compliance is mandatory, affects operators and maintenance organisations, and the inspections/modifications (and their costs) are the operators’ responsibility."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide","history":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-bae-146-44-amdt-1-evacuation-slide/documents"}}