{"id":"F2006B09630","name":"AD/F100/29 - Cabin Decompression Panels","slug":"ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":54417,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B09630-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/F100/29 - Cabin Decompression Panels","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)  \nFokker F100 (F28 Mk 100) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/F100/29 Cabin Decompression Panels 4/99\n\nApplicability: F.28 Mk.0100, serial numbers 11244 through 11504, 11506, 11507, 11509, 11512\n\nthrough 11515, 11517, 11519, 11520, 11522, 11523 and 11527.\n\nRequirement: Modify the aircraft by installing additional decompression panels in accordance with the applicable Appendix to Fokker Service Bulletin (SB) F100-25-082 Revision 1.\n\nModify the affected aircraft equipped with an aft Service/Emergency door by installing additional decompression panels in the Aft Cabin Wardrobe/Stowage area in accordance with Fokker SB F100-25-083.\n\nNote: RLD BLA 1998-065(A) refers.\n\nCompliance: Prior to 1 August, 2000.\n\nThis Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 22 April 1999.\n\nBackground: Sufficient blow-out panels are required to be installed to reduce the pressure differential over the cabin floor in case of sudden cargo compartment decompression. It has been established that, with the number of decompression panels currently installed in the cabin compartment of F.28 Mk.0100 aircraft, compliance with JAR 25.365(e) cannot satisfactorily be demonstrated for the rear cabin area.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete, targeted safety directive addressing a specific airworthiness issue with a particular aircraft type. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of mandating decompression panel modifications."},"complexity_factors":["Single, specific technical requirement (install panels per manufacturer bulletin)","Limited applicability (specific aircraft serial numbers listed exhaustively)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Only 2 defined references (Service Bulletins F100-25-082 and F100-25-083)","Clear compliance deadline","Short document (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Airworthiness Directive orders owners/operators of specified Fokker F100 serial-numbered aircraft with an aft service/emergency door to install additional blow-out (decompression) panels in the rear cabin/cargo area. The mandatory modification, required before 1 August 2000, prevents dangerous pressure differentials that could buckle the cabin floor and brings affected aircraft into compliance with applicable European safety standards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The directive imposes an equipment-installation requirement on a specified fleet to meet an existing airworthiness standard (JAR 25.365(e)). The text does not indicate it widens or narrows the underlying regulatory scope beyond applying that standard to the listed serial-numbered aircraft; it is a targeted corrective measure rather than a change to the general rule."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow applicability: specific aircraft model and enumerated serial numbers (Applicability).","Requires compliance with external technical documents: Fokker Service Bulletin F100-25-082 Revision 1 and F100-25-083 (Requirement).","Different installation instruction where an aft Service/Emergency door is fitted (Requirement).","Compliance deadline fixed in the instrument (Compliance: Prior to 1 August, 2000).","Reference to regulatory performance standard JAR 25.365(e) as the compliance target (Background).","Administrative references and traceability: note citing RLD BLA 1998-065(A) and effective date (Note/Effective date)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** Requires operators of specific Fokker F100 (F.28 Mk.0100) aeroplanes (listed serial numbers) to install additional cabin decompression (blow-out) panels per Fokker Service Bulletin F100-25-082 Rev 1, and F100-25-083 for aircraft with an aft service/emergency door. **Who it affects & why it matters:** Aircraft owners/operators must carry out and pay for the modification by 1 August 2000 so the rear cabin meets the airworthiness requirement JAR 25.365(e) to limit pressure differential after sudden cargo decompression."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels","history":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-f100-29-cabin-decompression-panels/documents"}}